US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) on Nov. 4 for "Pixel of a light sensor and method of manufacturing" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,835, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS (Crolles, France).

"Pixel of a light sensor and method of manufacturing" was invented by Thierry Berger (Brignoud, France) and Damien Jeanjean (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a pixel that includes depositing an insulating layer on an exposed face of an interconnect structure of an integrated circuit, the interconnect structure having a conductive element flush with said exposed face; etching an opening passing through the insulating layer to the conductive element; depositing an electr...