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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
Artilux, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yun-Chung Na, Zhubei, TW;
Szu-Lin Cheng, Zhubei, TW;
Shu-Lu Chen, Zhubei, TW;
Han-Din Liu, Zhubei, TW;
Hui-Wen Chen, Zhubei, TW;
Che-Fu Liang, Zhubei, TW;
Yuan-Fu Lyu, Taoyuan, TW;
Chien-Lung Chen, Taoyuan, TW;
Chung-Chih Lin, Zhubei, TW;
Kuan-Chen Chu, Zhubei, TW;
Artilux, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit that includes: a photodiode configured to absorb photons and to generate photo-carriers from the absorbed photons; a first MOSFET transistor that includes: a first channel terminal coupled to a first terminal of the photodiode and configured to collect a portion of the photo-carriers generated by the photodiode; a second channel terminal; and a gate terminal coupled to a first control voltage source; a first readout circuit configured to output a first readout voltage; a second readout circuit configured to output a second readout voltage; and a current-steering circuit configured to steer the photo-carriers generated by the photodiode to one or both of the first readout circuit and the second readout circuit.