US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on June 23 for "Shifted micro-lenses for increased imaging device performance" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,738, issued on June 23, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Shifted micro-lenses for increased imaging device performance" was invented by Cheng Yu Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Wen-Hau Wu (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Chun-Hao Chuang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Keng-Yu Chou (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Wei-Chieh Chiang (Yuanlin Township, Taiwan) and Chih-Kung Chang (Zhudong Township, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an imaging device including a first image sensor element and a second image sensor element respectively comprising a pi...