ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,659, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Pixel array and an image sensor including the same" was invented by Jonghoon Park (Seoul, South Korea), Bumsuk Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yunki Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Bomi Kim (Yeongju-si, South Korea), Kwanhee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yoongi Joung (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pixel array including: a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group including: a plurality of unit pixels respectively including photoelectric conversion elements disposed in a semiconductor substrate; trench structur...