ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,271, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to VisEra Technologies Co. Ltd. (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan).

"Image sensor" was invented by Ching-Hua Li (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan), Chun-Yuan Wang (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan), Zong-Ru Tu (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan) and Po-Hsiang Wang (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion layer, a plurality of deep trench isolations, a first color filter, a first deflector, and a covering layer. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a first photodiode and a second photodiode. The deep trench isolations separate the first photodiode and the second photodiod...