ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,012, issued on May 6, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Image sensor" was invented by Yuichiro Yamashita (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chun-Hao Chuang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Hirofumi Sumi (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image sensor structures are provided. In some embodiments, an image sensor structure is provided. The image sensor structure includes a substrate and a light-sensing region formed in the substrate and extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the substrate. The image sensor structure further includes a first isolation structure extending from the top ...