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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Tuan Thanh Ta, Kawasaki, JP;

Akihide Sai, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3741 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photodetection apparatus according to one embodiment has a photodetection element, first reset circuitry configured to select whether to set on-resistance between a first voltage node and a terminal of the photodetection element to a first value, second reset circuitry configured to select whether to set the on-resistance to a second value smaller than the first value, and control circuitry configured to set the on-resistance to the first value by the first reset circuitry after the photodetection element detects light, and set the on-resistance to the second value by the second reset circuitry after the first reset circuitry select to set the on-resistance to the first value.


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