US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on March 25 for "Image sensor device and methods of forming the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,188, issued on March 25, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Image sensor device and methods of forming the same" was invented by Keng-Ying Liao (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yu-Chu Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chih Wei Sung (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Shih Sian Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chi-Chung Jen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yu-chien Ku (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yen-Jou Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Huai-jen Tung (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Po-Zen Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of pixels disposed over a first surface of a semiconductor layer. The device includes a de...