ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,461, issued on April 15, was assigned to VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY Ltd. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
"Image sensor" was invented by Wei-Lung Tsai (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Ching-Chiang Wu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a substrate and isolation structures disposed on the substrate. The isolation structures are electrically non-conductive and define pixel regions. The image sensor also includes electrodes disposed on the substrate and in direct contact with the isolation structures. The image sensor further includes an active layer disposed between the isolation structures....