ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,205, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Controlling detection time in photodetectors" was invented by Caner Onal (Palo Alto, Calif.), Simon Verghese (Mountain View, Calif.) and Pierre-Yves Droz (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments relate to controlling detection time in photodetectors. An example embodiment includes a device. The device includes a substrate. The device also includes a photodetector coupled to the substrate. The photodetector is arranged to detect light emitted from a light source that irradiates a top surface of the device. A depth of the substrate ...