US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on July 15 for "Photodetection device and distance measurement device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,218, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Photodetection device and distance measurement device" was invented by Osamu Ozawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photodetection device according to the present disclosure includes: a light-receiving element; a load circuit connected to the light-receiving element; a switch circuit connected to the light-receiving element; and a feedback circuit configured to operate the switch circuit in accordance with an output from the light-receiving element. The feedback circuit has a delay circuit. A distance measurement device according to ...