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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arnaud Laflaquière, Paris, FR;

Cristiano L Niclass, San Jose, CA (US);

Marc Drader, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); H01L 24/08 (2013.01); H01L 24/80 (2013.01); H01L 2224/08145 (2013.01); H01L 2224/80895 (2013.01); H01L 2224/80896 (2013.01); H01L 2924/10253 (2013.01); H01L 2924/10329 (2013.01); H01L 2924/12042 (2013.01); H01L 2924/12043 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1426 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1431 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optoelectronic device includes a first semiconductor die, having first front and rear surfaces and including at least one avalanche photodetector configured to output electrical pulses in response to photons incident on the first front surface. A second semiconductor die has a second front surface, which is bonded to the first rear surface, and a second rear surface, and includes a photodetector receiver analog circuit coupled to the at least one avalanche photodetector and an emitter driver circuit configured to drive a pulsed optical emitter. A third semiconductor die has a third front surface, which is bonded to the second rear surface, and a third rear surface, and includes logic circuits coupled to control the photodetector receiver analog circuit and the emitter driver circuit and to receive and process the electrical pulses output by the at least one avalanche photodetector.


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