ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,518, issued on June 10, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Light detector" was invented by Tatsuya Kabe (Osaka, Japan), Hideyuki Arai (Osaka, Japan), Hisashi Aikawa (Osaka, Japan), Yuki Sugiura (Osaka, Japan), Akito Inoue (Osaka, Japan), Mitsuyoshi Mori (Kyoto, Japan), Kentaro Nakanishi (Nara, Japan) and Yusuke Sakata (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light detector is configured such that a light receiving portion having APDs and a peripheral portion are provided on a first principal surface of a p-type semiconductor substrate, and further includes a back electrode provi...