SENSOR DEVICE AND SENSING METHOD
    123.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240125647A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US17967898

    申请日:2022-10-18

    CPC classification number: G01J1/44 G01J1/46 G01J2001/446 G01J2001/448

    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor device comprises a sensor configured to output a sense signal, a value the sense signal changing over time based on incident light, a first reset circuit configured to set the value of the sense signal to a reset value when the value of the sense signal exceeds a threshold, a counter configured to count a first number of times of reset by the first reset circuit, and an arithmetic operation circuit configured to calculate an amount of incident light of a certain period based on the value of the sense signal, the reset value, and the first number of times of reset.

    Sensor device and sensing method
    125.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11953373B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17967898

    申请日:2022-10-18

    CPC classification number: G01J1/44 G01J1/46 G01J2001/446 G01J2001/448

    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor device comprises a sensor configured to output a sense signal, a value the sense signal changing over time based on incident light, a first reset circuit configured to set the value of the sense signal to a reset value when the value of the sense signal exceeds a threshold, a counter configured to count a first number of times of reset by the first reset circuit, and an arithmetic operation circuit configured to calculate an amount of incident light of a certain period based on the value of the sense signal, the reset value, and the first number of times of reset.

    Optical sensor synchronizing to ambient light flicker and operating method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11953371B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17863663

    申请日:2022-07-13

    CPC classification number: G01J1/4204 G01J1/44 G01J2001/446

    Abstract: There is provided an optical sensor including a photodiode, a wave converter, a pixel array and a processor. The photodiode detects ambient light flicker to generate sine waves. The wave converter converts the sine waves to square waves. The processor uses a sampling frequency to count the square waves, and identifies whether the ambient light flicker is well detected according to a counting value of each square wave and a counting value variation of multiple square waves within a count period to accordingly determine whether to adjust an acquiring phase of the image frame.

    OPTICAL SENSING ARRANGEMENT, AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OUTPUT COUNT

    公开(公告)号:US20240019301A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18256235

    申请日:2021-11-11

    CPC classification number: G01J1/46 G01J1/4204 G01J2001/446

    Abstract: In one embodiment an optical sensing arrangement includes a first sensor configured to provide a first sensor signal, a second sensor configured to provide a second sensor signal, an integration unit including a first input which is connected to the first sensor, a second input which is connected to the second sensor, a first output which is configured to provide a first integration signal as a function of the first sensor signal, and a second output which is configured to provide a second integration signal as a function of the second sensor signal, a comparing unit including a first input which is connected to the first output of the integration unit, a second input which is connected to the second output of the integration unit and an output configured to provide a comparison signal as a function of the first and the second integration signal, and a control unit including a first input which is coupled to the output of the comparing unit, wherein the control unit is configured to evaluate pulses of the comparison signal and therefrom provide an output count indicative of a difference between the first and the second sensor signal

    Detection device
    129.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11874165B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-16

    申请号:US18195634

    申请日:2023-05-10

    CPC classification number: G01J1/44 G01J2001/446

    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a photodiode in which a lower electrode, a semiconductor layer, and an upper electrode are stacked on the substrate in the order as listed; a transistor provided in the photodiode; and an insulating layer provided between layers of the transistor and the photodiode. The insulating layer has a contact hole provided in a central portion of the photodiode in plan view. The lower electrode of the photodiode is provided on the insulating layer, is provided continuously in an area overlapping the contact hole, and is electrically coupled to the transistor at a bottom of the contact hole. A first opening is provided in an area of the upper electrode that overlaps the contact hole.

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