PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240357259A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18761033

    申请日:2024-07-01

    发明人: YU MAEHASHI

    摘要: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit configured to output a signal based on incidence of a photon, the photoelectric conversion unit including an avalanche photodiode configured to multiply a charge resulting from the incidence of the photon by avalanche multiplication, a processing circuit configured to process the signal output from the photoelectric conversion unit, and a pixel output circuit configured to control output of a signal processed by the processing circuit; a data line connected to the plurality of pixels; and a reception circuit configured to receive a pixel signal output from the plurality of pixels via the data line. An off-leakage current of a transistor constituting the reception circuit is lower than that of a transistor constituting the pixel output circuit.

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER

    公开(公告)号:US20240255620A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18427659

    申请日:2024-01-30

    IPC分类号: G01S7/4863 G01S17/931

    CPC分类号: G01S7/4863 G01S17/931

    摘要: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of time-to-digital converters each including an input terminal, an output terminal, and a control terminal. A control signal line is connected to the control terminal of a first time-to-digital converter among the plurality of time-to-digital converters, the control terminal of a second time-to-digital converter among the plurality of time-to-digital converters, and the input terminal of the first time-to-digital converter. A control signal propagating through the control signal line is input to the control terminal of the second time-to-digital converter at a time later than a time when the control signal is input to the control terminal of the first time-to-digital converter, and is input to the input terminal of the first time-to-digital converter at a time later than the time when the control signal is input to the control terminal of the second time-to-digital converter.

    PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240088186A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18459532

    申请日:2023-09-01

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146

    CPC分类号: H01L27/14627 H01L27/14645

    摘要: A photoelectric conversion element includes in a semiconductor layer a first semiconductor region arranged, a second semiconductor region arranged on a second face side closer than the first semiconductor region and forming a p-n junction with the first semiconductor region to form an avalanche photodiode, a light guide structure including a first portion surrounding a first region and a second portion surrounding a second region inside the first region in a plan view, and an optical structure layer disposed on the second face side. The second portion is disposed over a depth of at least 0.8 μm from the second face, the first and second semiconductor regions are arranged closer to the first face than the second portion, and the second portion overlaps at least a portion of an avalanche multiplication region between the first and second semiconductor region in the plan view.