US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Lt on June 23 for "Method for forming image sensor devices" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,727, issued on June 23, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Lt (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Method for forming image sensor devices" was invented by Keng-Ying Liao (Tainan City, Taiwan), Huai-jen Tung (Tainan City, Taiwan), Chih Wei Sung (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Po-Zen Chen (Tainan City, Taiwan), Yu-chien Ku (Tainan City, Taiwan), Yu-Chu Lin (Tainan, Taiwan), Chi-Chung Jen (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Yen-Jou Wu (Tainan City, Taiwan), Tsun-Kai Tsao (Tainan City, Taiwan) and Yung-Lung Yang (Chiayi City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a first surface of a semiconductor layer, ...