H10F 77/959
For devices working in avalanche mode
Official title: {for devices working in avalanche mode}
H10F77/959 (For devices working in avalanche mode) appears on 437 US grants and 497 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 437
- Published applications
- 497
- Assignees
- 170
- Inventors
- 690
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 8 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8 | 16 |
| 2017 | 9 | 22 |
| 2018 | 19 | 38 |
| 2019 | 40 | 50 |
| 2020 | 41 | 64 |
| 2021 | 49 | 51 |
| 2022 | 55 | 57 |
| 2023 | 45 | 61 |
| 2024 | 44 | 41 |
| 2025 | 40 | 34 |
| 2026 | 26 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Photodetection circuit and distance measuring device8 Sep 2026US 12,733,292 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Output circuit for SPAD8 Sep 2026US 12,733,293 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Light detection device, light detection system, lidar device, mobile body, inspection method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device25 Aug 2026US 12,717,036 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Geiger-mode focal plane array with monolithically integrated resistors18 Aug 2026US 12,713,716 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Semiconductor digital photomultiplier photon counter and imager and related technology4 Aug 2026US 12,701,340 B2
- Imaging sensing device, sensing system, and method of operating the imaging system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304974 A1SK hynix Inc.
- Photodetector9 Jul 2026US 2026/0198125 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Semiconductor device21 May 2026US 2026/0143262 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Light receiving element, optical device, and electronic apparatus21 May 2026US 2026/0143836 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Layered avalanche detector7 May 2026US 2026/0129980 A1Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dynamic control of diode bias voltage (photon-caused avalanche)91US 9,048,370 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Method of fabricating a single photon avalanche diode imaging sensor89US 9,209,320 B1OmniVision Technologies, Inc. · 2015
- Enhanced photon detection device with biased deep trench isolation88US 9,160,949 B2OmniVision Technologies, Inc. · 2015
- High-repetition-rate single-photon receiver and method therefor87US 8,796,605 B2Princeton Lightwave, Inc. · 2014
- Optical imaging transmitter with brightness enhancement68US 10,222,475 B2Ouster, Inc. · 2019