ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,563, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Kwang-Min Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kisang Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image sensor, which includes a first substrate that has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and includes a pixel array area and an edge area, the edge area including a first conductive pad; an anti-reflection structure on the second surface; a pixel isolator in the first substrate and defining and separating pixels; and a micro lens array that is disposed ...