Patents by Inventor Frances W. Y. Lau

Frances W. Y. Lau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Time-based digitizer for PET photodetector
    Patent number: 9244179
    Abstract: An integrated circuit in a PET imaging system with a plurality of photo detectors is provided. A plurality of differential transimpedance amplifiers with differential inputs and differential outputs is provided, wherein differential inputs for each differential transimpedance amplifier of the plurality of differential transimpedance amplifiers are electrically connected to a photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Frances W. Y. Lau, Craig Steven Levin, Mark A. Horowitz, Hwang Ho Choi, Jaeha Kim
  • TIME-BASED DIGITIZER FOR PET PHOTODETECTOR
    Publication number: 20150001404
    Abstract: An integrated circuit in a PET imaging system with a plurality of photo detectors is provided. A plurality of differential transimpedance amplifiers with differential inputs and differential outputs is provided, wherein differential inputs for each differential transimpedance amplifier of the plurality of differential transimpedance amplifiers are electrically connected to a photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Frances W. Y. Lau, Craig Steven Levin, Mark A. Horowitz, Hwang Ho Choi, Jaeha Kim