ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,410, issued on July 22, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Low noise Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode and manufacturing process" was invented by Massimo Cataldo Mazzillo (Corato, Italy) and Valeria Cinnera Martino (Valverde, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, a Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode, including a semiconductor body, is provided. The semiconductor body includes a semiconductive structure and a front epitaxial layer on the semiconductive structure. The front epitaxial layer has a first conductivity type. An anode region having a second conductivity type that is di...