ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,514,005, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Quantum-Si Inc. (Guilford, Conn.).
"Integrated sensor" was invented by Gerard Schmid (Guilford, Conn.), Todd Rearick (Cheshire, Conn.) and Brian Reed (Madison, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the technology described herein relate to improved semiconductor-based image sensor designs. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit may comprise a photodetection region and a drain region electrically coupled to the photodetection region, and the photodetection region may be configured to induce an intrinsic electric field in a direction from the photodetection region to the drain regio...