ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,250, issued on June 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jonghyeon Noh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kook Tae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jingyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byeongtaek Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel regions, a first surface, and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, and a deep device isolation pattern penetrating the substrate and between the plurality of pixel regions, the deep device isolation pattern...