US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) on Nov. 11 for "Light sensor including a diffraction grating configured to diffract received light rays for absorption in a photoelectric material layer" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,398, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS (Crolles, France).

"Light sensor including a diffraction grating configured to diffract received light rays for absorption in a photoelectric material layer" was invented by Axel Crocherie (Grenoble, France), Sandrine Villenave (Grenoble, France) and Felix Bardonnet (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an image sensor comprising a first layer of photoelectric material and a diffraction grating located between said first layer and the face of the sensor configured to receive light rays."

The patent was filed on Jun...