ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,190, issued on March 25, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Vertically stacked light sensors" was invented by Hsiang-Lin Chen (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Yi-Shin Chu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yin-Kai Liao (Taipei, Taiwan), Sin-Yi Jiang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Sung-Wen Huang Chen (Nantou County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor structure including a first substrate comprising a first semiconductor material. A first light sensor is disposed within the first substrate. The first light sensor is configured to absorb ...