ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,347, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Sangchun Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sungbong Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Beomsuk Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes pixels arranged parallel to an upper surface of a substrate and a pixel isolation film disposed between the pixels. Each pixel includes a floating diffusion region doped with impurities of a first conductivity type, a transfer gate structure adjacent to the floating diffusion region, and a transistor. The transfer gate structure includes a trans...