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ST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD
GB·177 granted patents·19 pending applications·300 citations·filing 2014–2025
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196 records- 0199US10976709B1Latched gray code for ToF applicationsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 13, 2021·11 cites·24 claims
- 0298US11530947B1Linear regulation of SPAD shutoff voltageST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 20, 2022·4 cites·16 claims
- 0396US11885915B2Time to digital converterST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 30, 2024·4 cites·22 claims
- 0496US9985163B2Single photon avalanche diode having pulse shaping filterST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted May 29, 2018·13 cites·26 claims
- 0595US11137517B2Molded range and proximity sensor with optical resin lensST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 5, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 0694US10312274B1Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) with variable quench resistorST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 4, 2019·14 cites·29 claims
- 0794US10067224B2Time to digital converter (TDC) with synchronous output and related methodsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 4, 2018·18 cites·19 claims
- 0893US11270668B1System and method for detecting screen orientation of a deviceST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 8, 2022·10 cites·20 claims
- 0993US10715754B2Single reference clock time to digital converterST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 14, 2020·10 cites·35 claims
- 1093US9939316B2Sensing apparatus having a light sensitive detector fieldST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 10, 2018·51 cites·28 claims
- 1192US11728621B2Voltage controlled steered VCSEL driverST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 15, 2023·2 cites·35 claims
- 1292US11428792B2Routing for DTOF sensorsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 30, 2022·3 cites·19 claims
- 1391US11187837B2Wafer level microstructures for an optical lensST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 30, 2021·6 cites·20 claims
- 1491US10818721B2Pixel circuit and method of operating the same in an always-on modeST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 27, 2020·5 cites·23 claims
- 1590US11568834B2Method and device for ambient light measurementST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 31, 2023·2 cites·21 claims
- 1690US10495736B2Single SPAD array ranging systemST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 3, 2019·12 cites·20 claims
- 1790US10116891B2Image sensor having stacked imaging and digital wafers where digital wafer has stacked capacitors and logic circuitryST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 30, 2018·5 cites·33 claims
- 1889US11402263B2Optical sensor and method of operating an optical sensorST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 2, 2022·2 cites·25 claims
- 1989US10120066B2Apparatus for making a distance determinationST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 6, 2018·7 cites·20 claims
- 2088US11349042B2Anode sensing circuit for single photon avalanche diodesST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2019·Granted May 31, 2022·3 cites·33 claims
- 2188US10473834B2Wafer level microstructures for an optical lensST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 12, 2019·5 cites·24 claims
- 2287US10922590B2Apparatus, method and computer program for performing object recognitionST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 16, 2021·4 cites·25 claims
- 2387US10097264B2Single photon avalanche diode module for communicationsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 9, 2018·13 cites·18 claims
- 2486US11353828B2Latched gray code for ToF applicationsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 7, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 2586US11336076B2Apparatus for compensating parasitic impedance for integrated circuitsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2020·Granted May 17, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 2685US12123975B2Apparatus providing a plurality of light beamsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 22, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2785US10950743B2Time of flight (TOF) sensor with transmit optic providing for reduced parallax effectST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 16, 2021·3 cites·19 claims
- 2884US10283664B2Avalanche diode including vertical PN junctionST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2017·Granted May 7, 2019·2 cites·19 claims
- 2984US2026036687A1Sensor with cross talk suppressionST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3083US10670456B2Zero power sensorsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 2, 2020·3 cites·19 claims
- 3182US12377429B2Fluidic ejection device with optical blockage detectorST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 5, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 3282US12276816B2Wafer level microstructures for an optical lensST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 15, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3382US11196229B2Laser diode current driving apparatusST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 7, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 3482US10892757B1Reverse body biasing of a transistor using a photovoltaic sourceST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 12, 2021·2 cites·18 claims
- 3582US10263021B2Global shutter pixels having shared isolated storage capacitors within an isolation structure surrounding the perimeter of a pixel arrayST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 16, 2019·3 cites·22 claims
- 3681US11587527B2Method and device for ambient light measurementST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 21, 2023·1 cites·19 claims
- 3781US10313356B2Secure communications using SPAD ToF systemsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 4, 2019·4 cites·13 claims
- 3881US10264653B2Apparatus for controlling driver current for illumination sourceST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 16, 2019·2 cites·29 claims
- 3981US2024111049A1Method for gating an output of a single photon avalanche diode (spad) cluster based on an ambient count of ambient light events generated by the spad cluster in a region of interest of a time of flight (tof)ST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4080US12345834B2Time to digital converterST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 1, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4180US11120104B2Method and apparatus for processing a histogram output from a detector sensorST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 14, 2021·3 cites·18 claims
- 4280US11031511B2Control circuit and method of operating a control circuitST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 8, 2021·1 cites·24 claims
- 4380US10638038B2System and method for enhancing the intrinsic spatial resolution of optical sensorsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 28, 2020·4 cites·21 claims
- 4480US10418402B2Near ultraviolet photocellST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 17, 2019·2 cites·35 claims
- 4580US10021334B2Pixel circuit and method of operating the sameST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 10, 2018·3 cites·33 claims
- 4679US12211881B2Pixel circuit and method of operating the same in an always-on modeST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 28, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 4779US11885878B2Method for gating an output of a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) cluster based on an ambient count of ambient light events generated by the SPAD cluster in a region of interest of a time of flight (TOF) ranging arrayST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 30, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4879US10890662B2Higher pixel density histogram time of flight sensor with higher pixel densityST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 12, 2021·3 cites·20 claims
- 4978US12055435B2Linear regulation of SPAD shutoff voltageST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 6, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 5078US11815628B2Apparatus providing a plurality of light beamsST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 14, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
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