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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Manchester, NH (US);
Inventors:
William P. Taylor, Amherst, NH (US);
Bryan Cadugan, Bedford, NH (US);
Assignee:
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Manchester, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for a controlling a stimulus source to direct photons to a pixel in a pixel array contained in a detector system, analyzing a response of the pixel in the pixel array; and generating an alert based on the response of the pixel in the pixel array. Example stimulus sources include a conductive trace, a PN junction, and a current source.