US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Aug. 25 for "Image sensor and method of fabricating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,887, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and method of fabricating the same" was invented by Je-Hyung Ryu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hajin Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongmin Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taeksoo Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaesung Hur (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image sensors and fabrication methods thereof are provided. An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate including pixel regions, and a fence structure that defines openings that correspond to the pixel regions. A fence structure includes a metal pattern on...