US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) on March 18 for "Light sensor pixel and method of manufacturing the same" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,590, issued on March 18, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS (Crolles, France).

"Light sensor pixel and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Thierry Berger (Brignoud, France) and Stephane Allegret-Maret (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pixel includes a first electrode layer on an exposed surface of an interconnection structure and in contact with a conductive element of the interconnection structure. An insulating layer extends over the first electrode layer and includes opening crossing through the insulating layer to the first electrode layer. A second electrode layer is on top of and ...