US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp.s on Nov. 18 for "Control circuit and distance measuring system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,840, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp.s (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Control circuit and distance measuring system" was invented by Hayato Kamizuru (Kagoshima, Japan) and Daisuke Hirono (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The control circuit according to the present disclosure includes a passive circuit (10) and an active circuit (20). The passive circuit (10) is configured to: supply current to a Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) element (6a) from a supply path (Rp); and output a first pulse signal (P1) according to a signal Generated in the SPAD element (6a). The active circuit (20) is conf...