ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,861, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Photodiode element and sensor and electronic device" was invented by Gae Hwang Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyun Bum Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngjun Yun (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jong Won Chung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a photodiode element, and a sensor and an electronic device including the same. The photodiode element includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrod...