Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultraviolet light sensor circuit
- Patent Title (中): 紫外光传感器电路
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Application No.: US14476775Application Date: 2014-09-04
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Publication No.: US09590110B2Publication Date: 2017-03-07
- Inventor: Takeshi Osada
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Agent Jeffrey L. Costellia
- Priority: JP2013-187041 20130910
- Main IPC: H01L29/786
- IPC: H01L29/786 ; H03F1/30 ; H01L27/12

Abstract:
A sensor circuit with high sensitivity to ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet light is detected using a transistor containing an oxide semiconductor. When the transistor is irradiated with ultraviolet light or light including ultraviolet light, the drain current of the transistor depends on the intensity of the ultraviolet light. Data on the intensity of ultraviolet light is obtained by measuring the drain current of the transistor. Since the band gap of an oxide semiconductor is wider than that of silicon, the sensitivity to light with a wavelength in the ultraviolet region can be increased. Furthermore, an increase in dark current caused by temperature rise in the sensor circuit can be suppressed, resulting in a wider allowable ambient temperature range of the sensor circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150069386A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-03-12
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