ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,398, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Hyunpil Noh (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel sections. The substrate has first and second surfaces that are opposite to each other. A photoelectric conversion region is in each of the pixel sections. A first isolation pattern is disposed in the substrate and is positioned between the pixel sections. A gate electrode is on the photoelectric conversion region. A lower portion of the gate electrode is inserted into the substr...