ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,118, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Aeluma Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Sensor array device and method therefor" was invented by Jonathan Klamkin (Goleta, Calif.) and Bowen Song (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device and method of fabrication therefor. The method includes providing a partially completed semiconductor substrate having the following stacked materials: a silicon substrate, a buffer material, an n-type semiconductor material, an unintentionally doped (UID) optically absorptive material, a UID optically transparent semiconductor material, and a native insulating material. The substrate is sealed in ...