Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photosensor device with dark current cancellation
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Application No.: US17196347Application Date: 2021-03-09
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Publication No.: US11415459B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Chih-Wei Lin , Chen-Hua Hsi
- Applicant: Luxsentek Microelectronics Corp.
- Applicant Address: TW New Taipei
- Assignee: Luxsentek Microelectronics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Luxsentek Microelectronics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: TW New Taipei
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: TW109145931 20201224
- Main IPC: G01J1/44
- IPC: G01J1/44

Abstract:
The present invention provides a photosensor device, which can cancel a dark current in 1-2 milliseconds. This photosensor device utilizes a small capacitor to quickly accumulate and transform the dark current to a dark-current voltage. Based on the dark-current voltage and an environment temperature, a calibration voltage can be obtained. By cancelling the calibration voltage from the sensed voltage to get a light voltage, which can be amplified to a lux signal. The process is very quick and sensitive, so the photosensor device can be used in an environment under a low luminance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220205839A1 PHOTOSENSOR DEVICE WITH DARK CURRENT CANCELLATION Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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