US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 14 for "Image sensor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,265, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor" was invented by Taesung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungeun Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yunki Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first photodiode, a second photodiode at least partially overlapping the first photodiode in a first direction, a first metal shield on one photodiode of the first photodiode or the second photodiode in a vertical direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first color filter on an...