Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photodetecting device with weak light signal detection and low power consumption
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Application No.: US16348187Application Date: 2017-11-09
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Publication No.: US11183608B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Shigeyuki Nakamura , Shunsuke Adachi , Takashi Baba , Terumasa Nagano , Koei Yamamoto
- Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JPJP2016-220781 20161111
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/040438 WO 20171109
- International Announcement: WO2018/088478 WO 20180517
- Main IPC: H01L31/101
- IPC: H01L31/101 ; H01L27/146 ; H01L31/02 ; H01L31/0256 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A photodetecting device includes a semiconductor photodetecting element including a plurality of pixels distributed two-dimensionally and a mount substrate including a plurality of signal processing units arranged to process output signals from the corresponding pixels. The semiconductor photodetecting element includes, for each of the pixels, a plurality of avalanche photodiodes arranged to operate in Geiger mode, a plurality of quenching resistors each electrically connected in series with a respective avalanche photodiodes, and a through-electrode electrically connected to the plurality of quenching resistors. Each of the signal processing units includes a current mirror circuit electrically connected to the plurality of avalanche photodiodes via the corresponding through-electrode and arranged to output a signal corresponding to output signals from the plurality of avalanche photodiodes. The number of signal processing units included on the mount substrate is more than the number of light receiving regions in each of the pixels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190334050A1 LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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