US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on Jan. 20 for "Light detection device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,553, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Light detection device" was invented by Yoshinori Tsukada (Hamamatsu, Japan), Kohei Kasamori (Hamamatsu, Japan), Masaki Hirose (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yoshihisa Warashina (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photodetection device includes a photodetection element and a package. The photodetection element includes a semiconductor substrate and a light absorption film. The light absorption film is provided on a region of at least a part of a region around a photodetection region on a principal surface of the semiconductor substrate. The l...