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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2021
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A photodetection device according to the present disclosure includes: a light-receiving section that includes a light-receiving element, and generates a pulse signal including a pulse corresponding to a result of light reception by the light-receiving element; a plurality of switches that is each turned on or off on the basis of a corresponding control signal of a plurality of control signals, and each transmits the pulse signal by being turned on in a pulse period of the corresponding control signal of the plurality of control signals; a plurality of counters that is provided corresponding to the plurality of switches, and each performs counting processing on the basis of the pulse signal supplied through a corresponding switch of the plurality of switches to generate a first count value; and a signal generator that generates the plurality of control signals in a detection period to sequentially shift the respective pulse periods of the plurality of control signals by a unit period having a shorter time length than the pulse period.
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