ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,399, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Sanghoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heegeun Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Taekhwan Hyun (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes: a pixel array including a plurality of photodiodes arranged on an upper surface of a substrate, pixel isolation layers extending from the upper surface to a lower surface of the substrate and disposed between the plurality of photodiodes, and pixel circuits. The pixel array includes pixel groups respectively including two or more of the ph...