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Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventor:

Akira Sawada, Fujisawa, JP;

Assignee:

FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14669 (2013.01);
Abstract

A reading circuit for an infrared detector, includes: pixel driving circuits arranged in a matrix; vertical selection lines provided for respective rows of the pixel driving circuits; horizontal selection lines provided for respective columns of the pixel driving circuits; a vertical selection circuit configured to output a row selection signal to the vertical selection lines; and a horizontal selection circuit configured to output a column selection signal to the horizontal selection lines to read, to a reading line, a signal from pixel driving circuits for one row selected by the row selection signal, wherein each pixel driving circuit includes a driving circuit of the infrared detector, and a switching circuit configured to switch whether or not to input a test signal to the driving circuit, based on the row selection signal output to a corresponding vertical selection line and the column selection signal output to a corresponding horizontal selection line.


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