US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Aug. 25 for "Image sensor and electronic system including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,886, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and electronic system including the same" was invented by Kyoungeun Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jameyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Incheol Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an image sensor and an electronic system including the same. An image sensor includes a substrate having a pixel region in which an active region is defined, and a gate electrode on the active region, wherein the active region includes an edge portion extending along an outline...