US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Aug. 12 for "Optical signal receiver comprising a multi-tap pixel" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,536, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Optical signal receiver comprising a multi-tap pixel" was invented by Cyrus Soli Bamji (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples are disclosed that relate to the use of an optical data receiver comprising a multi-tap image sensor pixel for use in optical communications. The multi-tap pixel includes a photodetector and a plurality of taps. The optical data receiver further includes a controller comprising instructions executable for controlling the multi-tap pixel to, in a first period of time, perform a first integration on th...