US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on Dec. 16 for "Ranging image sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,484, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Ranging image sensor" was invented by Mitsuhito Mase (Hamamatsu, Japan), Jun Hiramitsu (Hamamatsu, Japan), Akihiro Shimada (Hamamatsu, Japan), Hiroaki Ishii (Hamamatsu, Japan), Toshinori Ito (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yuma Tanaka (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a ranging image sensor, each pixel includes an avalanche multiplication region, a charge distribution region, a pair of first charge transfer regions, a pair of second charge transfer regions, a well region, a photogate electrode, a pair of first transfer gate electrodes, and ...