ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,380, issued on June 30, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Infrared sensor" was invented by Masaki Fujikane (Osaka, Japan), Kouhei Takahashi (Osaka, Japan), Naoki Tambo (Kyoto, Japan) and Yasuyuki Naito (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared sensor includes a base substrate, an infrared light receiver, and a beam. The beam includes a separated portion separated from the base substrate to be suspended above the base substrate. The beam is connected at the separated portion to the infrared light receiver. The beam includes a p-type portion containing a p-type semicondu...