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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
[Object] Provided are a light receiving device and a light receiving circuit that are capable of performing highly accurate ranging with an increased field of view (FOV). [Solving Means] A light receiving device according to the present disclosure includes a light detector array including a plurality of pixels each configured to output a pulse in response to a reaction of a light detector with a photon, a counter circuit configured to count the pulse outputted from at least one of the pixels of the light detector array, and a control circuit configured to select, from the light detector array, one of the pixels to be enabled and one of the pixels to be disabled, on the basis of the number of counts of the pulse from the counter circuit.