US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on May 13 for "Photosensor, and driving method for photosensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,018, issued on May 13, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Photosensor, and driving method for photosensor" was invented by Mitsuhito Mase (Hamamatsu, Japan), Hiroo Yamamoto (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Harumichi Mori (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a photosensor including a light receiving part generating electric charge according to incident light, a charge transfer gate configured to transfer the electric charge generated in the light receiving part, and a signal generation unit configured to generate a charge transfer signal applied to the charge transfer gate, in which the signal ...