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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Vieworks Co., Ltd., Anyang-si, KR;
Inventor:
Dong Kook Han, Siheung-si, KR;
Assignee:
VIEWORKS CO., LTD., Anyang-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14 (2013.01); H01L 27/14638 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photodetector is provided, including a plurality of optical signal detection units located at each of multiple pixels and configured to generate electric charges corresponding to light being received, and a switch transistor selectively turned on and off so as to transfer the electric charges generated through the plurality of optical signal detection units at each of the multiple pixels, wherein the plurality of optical signal detection units are connected to each other in series.