Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion cell and array, reset circuit and electrical signal sense control circuit therefor
- Patent Title (中): 光电转换单元和阵列,复位电路和电信号检测控制电路
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Application No.: US13811623Application Date: 2011-07-22
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Publication No.: US09142579B2Publication Date: 2015-09-22
- Inventor: Yutaka Hayashi , Yasushi Nagamune , Toshitaka Ota
- Applicant: Yutaka Hayashi , Yasushi Nagamune , Toshitaka Ota
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2010-164791 20100722
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/066753 WO 20110722
- International Announcement: WO2012/011585 WO 20120126
- Main IPC: H01J40/14
- IPC: H01J40/14 ; H01L27/146 ; H01L27/144 ; H01L31/103 ; H04N5/361 ; H01L31/101

Abstract:
In order to achieve a photoelectric conversion cell and an array of high sensitivity and high dynamic range, there is a need for a photoelectric conversion cell and an array in which combination of an amplified photoelectric conversion element and a selection element are resistant to external noise, and the combination is resistant to effects from address selection pulse noise at array readout time. In the present invention, in order to solve the problem, a photoelectric conversion cell has been configured with a combination of an amplified photoelectric conversion element (100) and a selection element (10 and the like) which are resistant to external noise, and various means of solution of the combination are provided which are resistant to the effects of address selection pulse noise at array readout time. As a result, a dynamic range of 6 to 7 orders of magnitude for light detection has become possible.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130119240A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION CELL AND ARRAY, READING METHOD THEREFOR, AND CIRCUIT THEREOF Public/Granted day:2013-05-16
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