US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Aug. 19 for "Control circuit and distance measurement system to improve sensitivity characteristics of SPAD element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,895, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Control circuit and distance measurement system to improve sensitivity characteristics of SPAD element" was invented by Hayato Kamizuru (Kumamoto, Japan) and Daisuke Hirono (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a control circuit and a distance measurement system. The control circuit includes first wiring to which a first power supply voltage is applied, second wiring to which a second power supply voltage is applied. The control circuit further includes a current supply unit, a first withstand voltage unit, an inverter...