US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on June 10 for "Image sensor with improved timing resolution and photon detection probability" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,959, issued on June 10, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Image sensor with improved timing resolution and photon detection probability" was invented by Wen-Shun Lo (Zhudong Township, Taiwan) and Felix Ying-Kit Tsui (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a photodetector is provided. The photodetector includes a first well having a first doping type disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A second well having a second doping type opposite the first doping type is disposed in the semiconductor substrate on a side of the first well. A first doped buried region ...