Invention Application
- Patent Title: SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTION DEVICE
- Patent Title (中): 信号处理装置和光电转换装置
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Application No.: US13147244Application Date: 2010-01-29
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Publication No.: US20120018621A1Publication Date: 2012-01-26
- Inventor: Seiichiro Mizuno , Hiroo Yamamoto , Makoto Kobayashi
- Applicant: Seiichiro Mizuno , Hiroo Yamamoto , Makoto Kobayashi
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Priority: JP2009-022762 20090203
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/051226 WO 20100129
- Main IPC: H03F3/08
- IPC: H03F3/08

Abstract:
In a signal processing device of an embodiment, an integration circuit accumulates a charge from a photodiode in an integrating capacitor element, and outputs a voltage value according to the amount of charge. A comparator circuit, when the voltage value from the integration circuit has reached a reference value, outputs a saturation signal. A charge injection circuit, in response to the saturation signal, injects an opposite polarity of charge into the integrating capacitor element. A counter circuit performs counting based on the saturation signal. A holding circuit holds the voltage value from the integration circuit. An amplifier circuit outputs a voltage value that is K times (where K>1) larger than the voltage value held by the holding circuit. An A/D converter circuit sets a voltage value that is K times larger than the reference value as the maximum input voltage value, that is, a full-scale value, and outputs a digital value corresponding to the voltage value from the amplifier circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US08803064B2 Signal processing device, including charge injection circuit, and photodetection device Public/Granted day:2014-08-12
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