US Patent Issued to LYNRED, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on April 8 for "Infrared detector improved via engineering of the effective mass of charge carriers" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,718, issued on April 8, was assigned to LYNRED (Palaiseau, France) and COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Infrared detector improved via engineering of the effective mass of charge carriers" was invented by Axel Evirgen (Palaiseau, France), Jean-Luc Reverchon (Palaiseau, France) and Virginie Trinite (Palaiseau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting infrared radiation, includes at least one pixel having an axis in a direction Z, the pixel comprising a first absorbent planar structure comprising at least one semiconductor layer. The composition of the materials used to produc...