US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on June 17 for "Time measurement device and time measurement unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,385, issued on June 17, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Time measurement device and time measurement unit" was invented by Koichi Hasegawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a time measurement device that facilitates a circuit layout.A time measurement device (20) of the present invention includes: a plurality of pixels (30) provided side by side in a first direction, and each including a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) disposed on a first semiconductor substrate, and each generating a first logic signal (S35) depending on detect...