US Patent Issued to PIXART IMAGING on June 17 for "Image sensor employing avalanche diode and shared output circuit" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,444, issued on June 17, was assigned to PIXART IMAGING INC. (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan).

"Image sensor employing avalanche diode and shared output circuit" was invented by Sen-Huang Huang (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan) and Tso-Sheng Tsai (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an image sensor employing an avalanche diode. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, a plurality of pulling circuits, a plurality of output circuits and a global current source circuit. Each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a single photon avalanche diode and a P-type or N-type select ...