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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Keitarou Amagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A photodetector of the present disclosure includes multiple pixels including a light receiving element, and a sampling circuit that is provided corresponding to the multiple pixels, and samples light reception data output from the pixel on the basis of multiple clock signals having different phases, in synchronization with input of a trigger signal. The sampling circuit switches the phase of the clock signal every time a trigger signal is input. Additionally, a distance measuring device of the present disclosure includes a light source that irradiates an object to be measured with light and a photodetector that detects light reflected by the object to be measured. As the photodetector, a photodetector having the above configuration is used.