Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photosensor, image sensor, and photosensor driving method
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Application No.: US17183213Application Date: 2021-02-23
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Publication No.: US11330205B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Akito Inoue , Yutaka Hirose , Seiji Yamahira
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-159472 20180828
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H01L31/107

Abstract:
The photosensor includes an APD that has a multiplication region including a photoelectric converter and includes a first capacitor connected to the multiplication region in parallel, and a first transistor connected between the APD and a first power supply (voltage VC). The first transistor applies a reverse bias of a power supply voltage (VC-VA), which is larger than a breakdown voltage VBD, between an anode and a cathode of the APD during a bias setting period by connecting the APD to the first power supply, and stops an avalanche multiplication phenomenon during a light exposing period by disconnecting the APD from the first power supply to accumulate charges generated by the avalanche multiplication phenomenon in the first capacitor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210176413A1 PHOTOSENSOR, IMAGE SENSOR, AND PHOTOSENSOR DRIVING METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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