ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,419, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SK HYNIX INC. (Icheon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Pyong Su Kwag (Eumseong-gun, South Korea) and Byung Hoon Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a plurality of photodiodes arranged in first and second directions in a matrix, a plurality of first isolation layers, each two adjacent first isolation layers arranged in the first direction being spaced apart from each other by a first distance, each first isolation layer being interposed between adjacent photodiodes arranged in the second direction, a...