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Patent No.:

US 10436638 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2017

Light receiver having geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes and method for reading out

Applicant:

Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;

Inventors:

Klaus Clemens, Waldkirch, DE;

Gottfried Hug, Waldkirch, DE;

Stefan Seitz, Waldkirch, DE;

Assignee:

SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;

Attorneys:

Nath, Goldberg & Meyer

Jerald L. Meyer

Stanley N. Protigal

Primary Examiner:

Georgia Y Epps

Assistant Examiner:

Jennifer D Bennett

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/46 (2006.01); H01L 27/144 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/46 (2013.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); H01L 27/1446 (2013.01); H01L 31/02027 (2013.01); G01J 2001/442 (2013.01); G01J 2001/448 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4466 (2013.01);
Abstract

A light receiver () is provided having a plurality of avalanche photodiode elements () that are each biased by a bias above a breakdown voltage and that are thus operated in a Geiger mode to trigger a Geiger current on light reception. The avalanche photodiode elements () have a first connector (-) and a second connector (-). A first signal tapping circuit () for reading out the avalanche photodiode elements is connected to one of the connectors (-). In this respect, a second signal tapping circuit () for reading out the avalanche photodiode elements () is connected to the other connector (-).

Find Patent Forward Citations

Clemens, Klaus. (2019). Light receiver having geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes and method for reading out (U.S. Patent No. 10436638). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10436638

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