ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,323, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Stacked image sensor device and method of forming same" was invented by Wen-Chih Chiou (Zhunan Township, Taiwan) and Chen-Hua Yu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first logic die including a first through via, an image sensor die hybrid bonded to the first logic die, and a second logic die bonded to the first logic die. A front side of the first logic die facing a front side of the image sensor die. A front side o...