ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,126, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Photodetector" was invented by Yusuke Otake (Kanagawa, Japan), Akira Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Junpei Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Ryusei Naito (Nagasaki, Japan), Masahiko Nakamizo (Kanagawa, Japan) and Toshifumi Wakano (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor includes a first substrate including at least a first pixel. The first pixel includes an avalanche photodiode to convert incident light into electric charge and includes an anode and a cathode. The cathode is in a well region of the first substrate. The first pixel...