ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,738, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"CMOS image sensors and manufacturing methods thereof" was invented by Chao-Te Liu (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Szu-Ying Chen (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Chih-Ming Hung (Dacun Township, Taiwan), Rui-Fu Hung (Taichung City, Taiwan), Dun-Nian Yaung (Taipei City, Taiwan), Chen-Jong Wang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Kuan-Chieh Huang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated circuit on a semiconductor substrate. First and second gate electrode structures are ...