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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Artilux, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yun-Chung Na, Hsinchu County, TW;
Che-Fu Liang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chien-Lung Chen, Hsinchu County, TW;
Yuan-Fu Lyu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Yen-Cheng Lu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Artilux, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A photo-detecting apparatus includes an optical-to-electric converter, having a first output terminal, configured to convert an incident light to an electrical signal; a cascode transistor, having a control terminal, a first channel terminal and a second channel terminal, wherein the second channel terminal of the cascode transistor is coupled to the first output terminal of the optical-to-electric converter; and a reset transistor, having a control terminal, a first channel terminal and a second channel terminal, wherein the first channel terminal of the reset transistor is coupled to a supply voltage and the second channel terminal of the reset transistor is coupled to the first channel terminal of the cascode transistor.