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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Edoardo Charbon, Echandens, CH;
Cristiano Niclass, Clarens, CH;
Inventors:
Edoardo Charbon, Echandens, CH;
Cristiano Niclass, Clarens, CH;
Assignee:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Transducer () for reading information stored 1n an optical record carrier (), comprising at least one solid-state single photon detector, for example a single photon avalanche diode () for acquisition of a 2D or 3D image of at least a portion of the optical record carrier.