US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on May 12 for "Image sensors and methods of manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,457, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Image sensors and methods of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hoemin Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjoo Nah (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heegeun Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soongeul Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongmin Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a chip structure including first and second regions. The chip structure further includes a substrate having a first surface, a second surface, and a recess portion, a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices included in the...