ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,575, issued on March 18, was assigned to VisEra Technologies Co. Ltd. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
"Image sensor" was invented by Shin-Hong Kuo (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Yu-Chi Chang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Zong-Ru Tu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Ching-Chiang Wu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Po-Hsiang Wang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a first pixel array. The first pixel array includes multiple photo diodes and a polyhedron structure. The polyhedron structure is located above the photo diodes, and the polyhedron structure includes a bottom facet, a top facet, and at least one side facet. The bottom facet is located between...