US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on June 16 for "Image sensor and manufacturing method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,353, issued on June 16, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Image sensor and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Min-Feng Kao (Chiayi City, Taiwan), Dun-Nian Yaung (Taipei City, Taiwan), Jen-Cheng Liu (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan), Wen-Chang Kuo (Tainan City, Taiwan), Sheng-Chau Chen (Tainan City, Taiwan), Feng-Chi Hung (Chu-Bei City, Taiwan) and Sheng-Chan Li (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel and an isolation structure. The pixel includes a photosensitive region and a circuitry region next to the photosensitive region. The isolation st...