ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,892, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Yoongi Joung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Junghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gyeongjin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junsik Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jonghoon Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Yunki Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an image sensor includes forming a first chip structure including a circuit wiring structure, forming a second chip structure on the first chip structure, the second chip structure including a ...