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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Tze Ching Fung, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Yibing Michelle Wang, Temple City, CA (US);
Hongyu Wang, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Eunchul Kang, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An output circuit for a single-photon avalanche diode. In some embodiments, a system includes: a first sensing element; a bus line; a first pull-down circuit; a first pull-up element; and a second pull-up element, the first pull-up element, the second pull-up element, and the first pull-down circuit being connected to the bus line, the first pull-down circuit being connected to the first sensing element and configured to be activated based on a signal from the first sensing element, the first pull-up element having a lower drive strength than the first pull-down circuit.