US Patent Issued to Honda Motor, Utah State University on July 15 for "Short-wave infrared materials, detectors, and methods" (California, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,157, issued on July 15, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Utah State University (Logan, Utah).

"Short-wave infrared materials, detectors, and methods" was invented by Gugang Chen (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Yi Rao (Logan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to short-wave infrared (SWIR) materials, SWIR detectors, and methods of use. In an aspect, a SWIR detector is provided and includes a conductive layer disposed over a first portion of a substrate, the conductive layer having a trench therein, and a hole transport layer disposed over at least a second portion of the subs...