ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,819, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Miseon Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel division structure including a core and a lateral pattern structure on a sidewall of the core, the pixel division structure extending through a substrate in a vertical direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, the pixel division structure defining unit pixel regions including unit pixels. The image sensor includes a light sensing element in each of the unit pixel regions, a planarization ...