US Patent Issued to THALES, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on May 12 for "Integration of a detection circuit based on optical resonators interconnected on a readout circuit of an imager" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,456, issued on May 12, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France) and COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Integration of a detection circuit based on optical resonators interconnected on a readout circuit of an imager" was invented by Alexandre Delga (Palaiseau, France) and Roch Espiau De Lamaestre (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic device includes at least one pixel comprising: a plurality of optical resonators, each optical resonator comprising a photodetecting structure confined between a first reflective metal layer and a second metal layer; and a connection mic...