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Cristiano L. Niclass
Also filed as: NICLASS CRISTIANO · NICLASS CRISTIANO L
34 granted patents·12 pending applications·756 citations·filing 2005–2025
97Inventor score
Files withAPPLE INC34ECOLE POLYTECH4NICLASS CRISTIANO3TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO KK2ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FED DE LAU1
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46 records- 0198US8355117B2Method and arrangement for measuring the distance to an objectECOLE POLYTECH·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 15, 2013·119 cites·35 claims
- 0298US7547872B2Integrated circuit comprising an array of single photon avalanche diodesECOLE POLYTECH·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 16, 2009·107 cites·19 claims
- 0397US10830879B2Time-of-flight depth mapping with parallax compensationAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 10, 2020·7 cites·17 claims
- 0497US10438987B2Stacked backside illuminated SPAD arrayAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 8, 2019·23 cites·21 claims
- 0597US10324171B2Light detection and ranging sensorAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 18, 2019·34 cites·15 claims
- 0697US9257589B2Single photon avalanche diode with second semiconductor layer burried in epitaxial layerTOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO KK·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 9, 2016·46 cites·19 claims
- 0796US10656251B1Signal acquisition in a SPAD detectorAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 19, 2020·15 cites·21 claims
- 0896US7262402B2Integrated imager circuit comprising a monolithic array of single photon avalanche diodesECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FED DE LAU·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 28, 2007·111 cites·17 claims
- 0995US10962628B1Spatial temporal weighting in a SPAD detectorAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 30, 2021·30 cites·22 claims
- 1095US9431439B2Light detectorTOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO KK·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 30, 2016·51 cites·6 claims
- 1194US8168934B2Integrated circuit comprising an array of single photon avalanche diodesNICLASS CRISTIANO·Filed 2009·Granted May 1, 2012·48 cites·11 claims
- 1293US11876557B1Setting parameters of optical transmitter using receive-side controlAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 16, 2024·4 cites·21 claims
- 1393US11476372B1SPAD-based photon detectors with multi-phase sampling TDCsAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 18, 2022·6 cites·20 claims
- 1493US11271031B2Back-illuminated single-photon avalanche diodeAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 8, 2022·3 cites·18 claims
- 1593US10801886B2SPAD detector having modulated sensitivityAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 13, 2020·15 cites·23 claims
- 1693US8810647B2Time-of-flight based imaging system using a display as illumination sourceNICLASS CRISTIANO·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 19, 2014·32 cites·19 claims
- 1792US11500094B2Selection of pulse repetition intervals for sensing time of flightAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 15, 2022·4 cites·18 claims
- 1892US10305247B2Radiation source with a small-angle scanning arrayAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 28, 2019·13 cites·18 claims
- 1992US9417326B2Pulsed light optical rangefinderNICLASS CRISTIANO·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 16, 2016·28 cites·13 claims
- 2090US11233966B1Breakdown voltage monitoring for avalanche diodesAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 25, 2022·19 cites·20 claims
- 2190US10795001B2Imaging system with synchronized scan and sensingAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 6, 2020·7 cites·18 claims
- 2290US10658419B2Stacked backside illuminated SPAD arrayAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 19, 2020·7 cites·20 claims
- 2383US11681027B2Time-of-flight depth mapping with parallax compensationAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 20, 2023·1 cites·17 claims
- 2483US10928492B2Management of histogram memory for a single-photon avalanche diode detectorAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 23, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 2583US7683308B2Controlling spectral response of photodetector for an image sensorECOLE POLYTECH·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 23, 2010·12 cites·24 claims
- 2681US2025331322A1Transistor integration with stacked single-photon avalanche diode (spad) pixel arraysAPPLE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2780US7898001B2Single photon detector and associated methods for making the sameST MICROELECTRONICS RES & DEV·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 1, 2011·6 cites·15 claims
- 2879US10775507B2Adaptive transmission power control for a LIDARAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 15, 2020·4 cites·18 claims
- 2975US7501628B2Transducer for reading information stored on an optical record carrier, single photon detector based storage system and method for reading data from an optical record carrierECOLE POLYTECH·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 10, 2009·2 cites·32 claims
- 3069US12199197B2SPAD-based photon detectors with multi-phase sampling TDCsAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 14, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3168US12356740B2Transistor integration with stacked single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) pixel arraysAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 8, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 3268US2025102631A1Electronic Devices with Transmitter-Receiver ArrayAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3367US2025306186A1Compensation for differential nonlinearity in time-of-flight sensingAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3464US2025035760A1FMCW LiDAR using single-photon detectorsAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3562US12306307B2Selection of pulse repetition intervals for sensing time of flightAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted May 20, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3661US2023258785A1Reconfigurable Time of Flight Proximity Sensor with Near-Field and Far-Field Measurement CapabilitiesAPPLE INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3761US2025054930A1Integrated transceiver arrayAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3860US12442926B2Time-of-flight depth sensing with improved linearityAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 14, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 3959US12429565B2Single-chip optical transceiverAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 30, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4059US2025112189A1Die and Wafer Level Processing of Laser Diodes and Other Semiconductor Devices on Non-Native Semiconductor WafersAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4156US2025085400A1Optical ModuleAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4252US2018341009A1Multi-range time of flight sensingAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4352US2025317667A1Photon Detection Efficiency (PDE) modulation with multi-junction single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) pixelsAPPLE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4448US9006853B2PhotodetectorITO KOTA·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 14, 2015·1 cites·10 claims
- 4540US2019018119A1Early-late pulse counting for light emitting depth sensorsAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 4639US2018081041A1LiDAR with irregular pulse sequenceAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
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