US Patent Issued to THALES, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Feb. 3 for "Integration of a detection circuit based on optical resonators on a readout circuit of an imager" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,397, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France) and COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Integration of a detection circuit based on optical resonators on a readout circuit of an imager" was invented by Alexandre Delga (Palaiseau, France) and Roch Espiau De Lamaestre (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic device includes at least one pixel, each pixel comprising an optical resonator comprising a photodetecting structure confined between a reflective metal layer and a second reflective metal layer; and a readout integrated circuit arranged on a substrate...