US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on June 3 for "Multiplying image sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,260, issued on June 3, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Multiplying image sensor" was invented by Mitsuhito Mase (Hamamatsu, Japan), Jun Hiramitsu (Hamamatsu, Japan), Hiroaki Ishii (Hamamatsu, Japan), Yuma Tanaka (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Toshinori Ito (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiplying image sensor includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface and a wiring layer provided on the second surface. The semiconductor layer includes a plurality of pixels arranged along the first surface. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first semiconductor region, a...