ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,879, issued on March 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor and method of operating" was invented by Radwanul Hasan Siddique (Pasadena, Calif.), Daniel Assumpcao (Issaquah, Wash.), Hyuck Choo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyochul Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical spectrometers may be used to determine the spectral components of electromagnetic waves. Spectrometers may be large, bulky devices and may require waves to enter at a nearly direct angle of incidence in order to record a measurement. What is disclosed is an ultra-compact spectrometer with nanop...