ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    1.
    发明公开
    ELECTRONIC DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240210243A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18596597

    申请日:2024-03-05

    Abstract: An electronic device having a sensing region and a non-sensing region includes a sensing element, a first light shielding layer and a second light shielding layer. The sensing element is disposed corresponding to the sensing region. The first light shielding layer includes at least one first opening corresponding to the sensing element. The second light shielding layer includes at least one second opening overlapped with the first opening. In a cross-section view, a boundary between the sensing region and the non-sensing region is at an outer side of an edge of a portion of the first light shielding layer, and a horizontal distance between an edge of a portion of the second light shielding layer and the sensing element is greater than or equal to a vertical distance between the portion of the second light shielding layer and the sensing element in a top-view direction of the electronic device.

    Light receiving element and ranging system

    公开(公告)号:US11965970B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17250672

    申请日:2019-08-16

    Inventor: Tatsuki Nishino

    Abstract: A light receiving element and a ranging system is provided which achieve improvement of pixel characteristics while allowing variation in a breakdown voltage of an SPAD. The light receiving element includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix, and a pixel driving unit configured to control respective pixels of the pixel array to be active pixels or non-active pixels. The pixel includes an SPAD, a transistor connected to the SPAD in series, an inverter configured to output a detection signal indicating incidence of a photon on the SPAD, a first transistor which is switched on or off in accordance with control of the pixels to be the active pixels or the non-active pixels, and a second transistor connected to the first transistor in series.

    Multifunctional infrared module
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10018506B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-10

    申请号:US15475087

    申请日:2017-03-30

    Abstract: A multifunctional infrared (IR) module is configured for multiple IR applications without an additional microcontroller to be integrated into a computing device and is able to utilize voltage control instead of current control. The multifunctional IR module includes an IR light emitting diode (LED), and an IR receiver (e.g., photodiode or phototransistor). In one embodiment, the multifunctional IR module includes a resistor that is connected to the cathode of the IR LED and the drain of a transistor, with the source of the transistor grounded. In some embodiments, the multifunctional IR module additionally includes a red LED. Various configurations of the multifunctional IR module are able to perform one or more of the following functions: IR in (receiving IR signals), IR out (generating IR signals), heart rate sensing, SpO2 (oxygen saturation) sensing, distance/proximity detection, gesture detection, LED control, and ambient light detection.

    OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE
    7.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE 有权
    光耦合器件

    公开(公告)号:US20140284630A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-25

    申请号:US14016006

    申请日:2013-08-30

    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical coupling device includes a light emitting element configured to convert an electric signal into an optical signal, a photo transistor circuit configured to convert the optical signal into a current, the photo transistor circuit including a first transistor having a collector connected to a power source and an emitter through which the current is output, and a current mirror circuit including a second transistor having a collector connected to the emitter of the first transistor, a base connected to the emitter of the first transistor, and an emitter connected to a ground, and a third transistor having a collector connected to an output terminal, a base connected to the base of the second transistor, and a emitter connected to the ground.

    Abstract translation: 根据一个实施例,光耦合装置包括被配置为将电信号转换成光信号的发光元件,被配置为将光信号转换成电流的光电晶体管电路,光电晶体管电路包括具有集电极的第一晶体管 连接到电源和通过其输出电流的发射极,以及电流镜电路,包括具有连接到第一晶体管的发射极的集电极的第二晶体管,连接到第一晶体管的发射极的基极和发射极 连接到地,以及第三晶体管,其具有连接到输出端子的集电极,连接到第二晶体管的基极的基极和连接到地的发射极。

    LUMINOUS FLUX TEST CIRCUITRY, TEST METHOD AND DISPLAY PANEL

    公开(公告)号:US20240230403A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US17925214

    申请日:2021-12-27

    CPC classification number: G01J1/44 G01R31/2656 G01J2001/4247 G01J2001/4473

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a luminous flux test circuitry, a test method and a display panel. The luminous flux test circuitry includes two test sub-circuitries, a control sub-circuitry and a light-shielding pattern. Each test sub-circuitry includes N photosensitive transistors; an output end of each photosensitive transistor in a first test sub-circuitry is coupled to a first input end of the control sub-circuitry; an output end of each photosensitive transistor in a second test sub-circuitry is coupled to a second input end of the control sub-circuitry; the light-shielding pattern covers the photosensitive transistors in the second test sub-circuitry; at a sampling stage, the photosensitive transistors in each test sub-circuitry are in a reverse bias state; and the control sub-circuitry is configured to determine a luminous flux detected by the photosensitive transistors in the first test sub-circuitry in accordance with a leakage current generated by the photosensitive transistors in each test sub-circuitry.

    Phototransistor apparatus and method of operating the phototransistor apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11885674B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US17217670

    申请日:2021-03-30

    CPC classification number: G01J1/44 G01J2001/4473

    Abstract: A phototransistor apparatus and a method of operating the phototransistor apparatus. The phototransistor apparatus can include a phototransistor, a light source, and a supply voltage associated with the phototransistor. After switching on the supply voltage, the phototransistor can generate a phototransistor signal that is scanned, wherein the supply voltage associated with the phototransistor is switched on later than the light source, and wherein charge carriers in a base area of the phototransistor are reactive to a light pulse from the light source in a currentless state, and continue to react after the light source is switched off. Alternatively, the power supply of the phototransistor can be switched on before the light source is switched off. By delaying the switching on of the power supply of the phototransistor compared to the switching on of the light source, a significant current saving can be achieved.

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