ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,753, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and electronic device including the same" was invented by Eunsub Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides image sensor and electronic devices including image sensors. In some embodiments, the image sensor includes a shared pixel including four subpixels that have a 2x2 structure sharing a floating diffusion (FD) region, a plurality of unit pixels surrounding the FD region and arranged apart from one another through a deep trench isolation, a first transfer transistor disposed ...