US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on July 28 for "Light detection device and method for driving photosensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,389, issued on July 28, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Light detection device and method for driving photosensor" was invented by Akihiro Shimada (Hamamatsu, Japan), Mitsuhito Mase (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Jun Hiramitsu (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a light detection device, a control unit performs a first charge transfer process for transferring charge generated in a charge generation region to a charge storage region by applying an electric potential to a transfer gate electrode so that a potential energy of a region immediately below the transfer gate electrode is lower than a pot...