ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,310, issued on June 23, was assigned to ELMOS SEMICONDUCTOR SE (Leverkusen, Germany).

"Light receiver circuit and light sensor array comprising a light receiver circuit" was invented by Andre Srowig (Heidelberg, Germany) and Fabian Finkeldey (Bruchsal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light receiver circuit with compensation of propagation times has at least one light sensor, one control circuit, one connecting line to a TDC circuit, and a test circuit. The test line is connected to a test signal source. The test circuit connects the test line to the control circuit and forwards the test signal to the control circuit. The con...