US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on March 17 for "Sensing device and distance measuring apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,441, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Sensing device and distance measuring apparatus" was invented by Masaki Sakakibara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hidekazu Kikuchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensing devices configured to detect photons with high accuracy regardless of environmental illuminance are disclosed. In one example, a sensing device includes a photodetector and a load element connected between the photodetector and a first reference potential. A first transistor is configured to be turned on according to a voltage of a node between the photodetector a...