公开(公告)号：US20180146149A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-24

申请号：US15725864

申请日：2017-10-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yunjae SUH ,  Sung Ho KIM ,  Junseok KIM ,  Hyunsurk RYU

IPC: H04N5/361 ,  H01L27/146

CPC classification number: H04N5/361 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  H01L27/14605 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H04N5/35518 ,  H04N5/374

Abstract: An event-based sensor includes a dummy pixel that generates a dark current, a current mirror that generates a mirrored current using the dark current, and a sensing pixel that generates a sense current based on an intensity of incident light, and outputs an activation signal, indicating whether a variation in the incident light is sensed, based on a light current that is obtained by subtracting the mirrored current from the sense current.

公开(公告)号：US20180124942A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15805070

申请日：2017-11-06

Applicant: FINISAR CORPORATION

Inventor： Andrei Kaikkonen ,  Lennart Per Olof Lundqvist ,  Lars-Goete Svensson ,  Peter Lindberg

IPC: H05K7/02 ,  H05K1/02 ,  G01J1/02 ,  G01J1/44 ,  H01S5/022 ,  H01S5/042 ,  H04B10/80

CPC classification number: H05K7/026 ,  G01J1/029 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  G02B6/4279 ,  H01S5/02276 ,  H01S5/0427 ,  H01S5/06226 ,  H01S5/423 ,  H04B10/801 ,  H05K1/0216 ,  H05K1/0243 ,  H05K1/025 ,  H05K2201/10121

Abstract: An optoelectronic module is provide and includes an electronic unit, an optical unit, and an interconnect structure. The electronic unit is capable of outputting and/or receiving electric signals, while the optical unit is capable of converting the electric signals into optical signals. The interconnect structure connects the electronic unit and the optical unit, and includes an electrically conducting substrate and a pair of transmission leads connecting electronic unit and the optical unit. The pair of transmission leads includes a signal lead and a ground lead having lower impedance than the signal lead.

公开(公告)号：US20180111356A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-26

申请号：US15737675

申请日：2016-11-14

Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE

Inventor： Christian EFFERTZ ,  Klaus SCHMALBUCH ,  Dirk WOHLFEIL ,  Detlev DUERKOP ,  Guido SCHWINGES

IPC: B32B17/10 ,  B60Q1/00

CPC classification number: B32B17/10165 ,  B32B17/10036 ,  B32B17/10293 ,  B32B17/10761 ,  B32B17/1077 ,  B32B17/10788 ,  B32B2457/08 ,  B32B2605/00 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  B60Q1/0023 ,  B60Q1/1423 ,  B60Q3/80 ,  B60Q2300/314 ,  B60R16/0237 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  G01J2001/448 ,  G02F1/0126

Abstract: A vehicle composite pane with an integrated light sensor is presented. The vehicle composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are bonded to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer. A photodiode situated on a circuit board is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the photodiode is a surface-mounted device (SMD) component.

公开(公告)号：US20180108696A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-19

申请号：US15828750

申请日：2017-12-01

Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yoshiyuki KUROKAWA

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H04N9/07 ,  H04N9/04 ,  G01J3/28 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H04N5/353

CPC classification number: H01L27/14625 ,  G01J1/0414 ,  G01J1/0492 ,  G01J1/46 ,  G01J3/2803 ,  G01J3/2823 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  G01J2003/2813 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/1255 ,  H01L27/14 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14616 ,  H01L27/14645 ,  H01L27/14689 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H04N5/353 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/37457 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N9/07

Abstract: An imaging device which does not include a color filter and does not need arithmetic processing using an external processing circuit is provided. A first circuit includes a first photoelectric conversion element, a first transistor, and a second transistor; a second circuit includes a second photoelectric conversion element, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor; a third circuit includes a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, and a second capacitor; the spectroscopic element is provided over the first photoelectric conversion element or the second photoelectric conversion element; and the first circuit and the second circuit is connected to the third circuit through a first capacitor.

公开(公告)号：US20180080820A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15825557

申请日：2017-11-29

Applicant: Essential Products, Inc.

Inventor： David John Evans, V ,  Xinrui Jiang ,  Andrew E. Rubin ,  Matthew Hershenson ,  Xiaoyu Miao ,  Joseph Anthony Tate ,  Jason Sean Gagne-Keats ,  Rebecca Schultz Zavin

IPC: G01J1/44 ,  G01J1/04

CPC classification number: G01J1/44 ,  G01J1/0214 ,  G01J1/0219 ,  G01J1/0295 ,  G01J1/0407 ,  G01J1/0418 ,  G01J1/0437 ,  G01J1/0474 ,  G01J1/4204 ,  G01J2001/4433 ,  G01J2001/444 ,  G01J2001/446

Abstract: Presented here are devices and methods to correct ambient light measurements made in the presence of optical elements, such as the curved edge of the cover glass associated with the mobile device. In one embodiment, a film with optical properties is placed within the ambient light sensor to diffuse the high-intensity light beam coming from the optical element. In another embodiment, an aperture associated with the ambient light sensor is disposed to prevent the high-intensity light beam from entering the ambient light sensor. In another embodiment, a processor coupled to the ambient light sensor smooths the peak associated with the high intensity light beam produced by the optical element.

公开(公告)号：US09893736B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-13

申请号：US14389922

申请日：2013-03-28

Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hideki Sato ,  Takahiro Inoue

IPC: G09G3/36 ,  H03M1/06 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J3/51 ,  G01J1/46 ,  G09G3/34 ,  G02F1/133 ,  H03M1/12 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC classification number: H03M1/06 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J1/46 ,  G01J3/513 ,  G01J2001/444 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  G02F1/13318 ,  G02F1/1336 ,  G09G3/3406 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2360/145 ,  H03M1/0634 ,  H03M1/12 ,  H03M1/123

Abstract: An analog to digital conversion device has a plurality of, two, for example, analog to digital converters, and a reference charge quantity interchange section arranged and configured to interchange, among the plurality of analog to digital converters, reference quantities of electric charge (e.g., reference currents or reference capacitances) to be used therein during an analog to digital conversion period.

公开(公告)号：US20170350756A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-07

申请号：US15175958

申请日：2016-06-07

Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC

Inventor： Roger PANICACCI

IPC: G01J1/42 ,  G01J1/44

CPC classification number: G01J1/4228 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  H04N5/378

Abstract: An image sensor may include an array of image pixels coupled to analog-to-digital conversion circuitry formed from pinned photodiode charge transfer circuits. Majority charge carriers for the pinned photodiodes in the charge transfer circuits may be electrons for photodiode wells formed from n-type doped regions and may be holes for photodiode formed from p-type doped regions. Pinned photodiodes may be used for charge integration onto a capacitive circuit node. Pinned photodiodes may also be used for charge subtraction from a capacitive circuit node. Comparator circuitry may be used to determine digital values for the pixel output levels in accordance with single-slope conversion, successive-approximation-register conversion, cyclic conversion, and first or second order delta-sigma conversion techniques. The array of image pixels used for imaging may have a conversion mode wherein at least a portion of the pixel circuitry in the array are operated similar to the charge transfer circuits.

公开(公告)号：US09814153B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US14736462

申请日：2015-06-11

Applicant: FINISAR CORPORATION

Inventor： Andrei Kaikkonen ,  Lennart Per Olof Lundqvist ,  Lars-Goete Svensson ,  Peter Lindberg

IPC: G01J1/44 ,  H05K7/02 ,  H01S5/022 ,  H01S5/042 ,  G01J1/02 ,  H04B10/80 ,  H01S5/062 ,  H01S5/42 ,  H05K1/02 ,  G02B6/42

CPC classification number: H05K7/026 ,  G01J1/029 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  G02B6/4279 ,  H01S5/02276 ,  H01S5/0427 ,  H01S5/06226 ,  H01S5/423 ,  H04B10/801 ,  H05K1/0216 ,  H05K1/0243 ,  H05K1/025 ,  H05K2201/10121

Abstract: An optoelectronic module is provide and includes an electronic unit, an optical unit, and an interconnect structure. The electronic unit is capable of outputting and/or receiving electric signals, while the optical unit is capable of converting the electric signals into optical signals. The interconnect structure connects the electronic unit and the optical unit, and includes an electrically conducting substrate and a pair of transmission leads connecting electronic unit and the optical unit. The pair of transmission leads includes a signal lead and a ground lead having lower impedance than the signal lead.

公开(公告)号：US20170313250A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15143322

申请日：2016-04-29

Applicant: Faraday&Future Inc.

Inventor： Evan Roger FISCHER

IPC: B60R1/08 ,  B60R1/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G01J1/42 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  H04N5/238 ,  B60R1/12 ,  B60Q1/44 ,  G01J1/16 ,  G01J1/44

CPC classification number: B60R1/083 ,  B60Q1/0023 ,  B60Q1/2603 ,  B60Q1/44 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60R1/088 ,  B60R1/1207 ,  B60R2001/1223 ,  B60R2300/30 ,  G01J1/16 ,  G01J1/4204 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/238 ,  H04N7/181 ,  H04N7/183

Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a first indicator light associated with a first function or a first state of the vehicle (e.g., a brake light), and circuitry coupled to the first indicator light. The circuitry is configured to cause the first indicator light to emit light when the vehicle is performing the first function or is operating in the first state, and detect an amount of light incident on the first indicator light. Thus, the indicator light can be used to detect incoming light to perform various vehicle functions (e.g., automatically dimming mirrors based on the incoming light) without the need for a dedicated light sensor.

公开(公告)号：US09746372B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-29

申请号：US14441822

申请日：2013-11-06

Applicant: THALES

Inventor： Alexandre Veryeras ,  Daniel Passelaigue

IPC: G01J1/46 ,  H03F3/08 ,  G01S7/486 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J1/42

CPC classification number: G01J1/46 ,  G01J2001/4238 ,  G01J2001/4406 ,  G01J2001/446 ,  G01S7/4861 ,  G01S17/08 ,  H03F3/08

Abstract: A receiver of a pulsed light signal comprises a photodiode adapted to generate an electric current in response to this light signal, having a parasitic capacitance Cd as its characteristic; an electrical ground; and a transimpedance amplifier connected to the input of the photodiode by a linking capacitor Cliaison. It includes an attenuation pad located between the photodiode and the transimpedance amplifier, consisting of a capacitor Cp where Cp=Cd/(α−1), α being a predetermined attenuation, where α>1.