ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,736, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Seungkuk Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taeyon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyo Eun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Gyuseok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor comprising a circuit chip and an image sensor chip on the circuit chip. The image sensor chip includes a first substrate extending in a first direction and a second direction, a first interlayer dielectric layer between the first substrate and the circuit chip, and a first bonding pad in the first interlayer dielectri...