ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,723, issued on April 21, was assigned to TRUPIXEL INC. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Single photon detector, electronic device, and LiDAR device" was invented by Myung-Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Do Kyung Hwang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a single photon detector comprising a semiconductor substrate and a 2D material layer provided adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate includes a first well having a first conductivity type, a heavily doped region having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and a depletion region provided between the ...