US Patent Issued to Gigajot Technology on Oct. 7 for "Time-of-flight pixel sensor with high modulation contrast" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,732, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Gigajot Technology Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Time-of-flight pixel sensor with high modulation contrast" was invented by Jiaju Ma (Monrovia, Calif.) and Michael Guidash (Fairport, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "First and second modulation gates disposed adjacent a silicon photoconversion structure generate, throughout the exposure interval, alternating first and second electrostatic fields that compel photocharge generated within the silicon photoconversion structure to the first and second storage diodes, respectively. Upon conclusion of the exposure interval, accumulated photocharge within ...