US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Feb. 17 for "Nanophotonic high dynamic range sensor pixel" (California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,793, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Nanophotonic high dynamic range sensor pixel" was invented by Radu Ispasoiu (Santa Clara, Calif.), Swarnal Borthakur (Boise, Idaho) and Byounghee Lee (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image sensor pixels, imaging systems, and methods for constructing image sensor pixels. The image sensor pixel includes a high-light photodetector, a plurality of low-light photodetectors, and a spectral router. The plurality of low-light photodetectors is positioned around the high-light photodetector. The spectral router is positioned above...