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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Hajime Kashiwase, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A positive charge of a sensor element is charged in a signal converting circuit, is converted into a positive voltage, and is outputted. When the polarity of the charge of the sensor element is inverted to the negative and an output of the signal converting circuit is decreased, the leaked charges are superimposed and become the negative. An automatic correction circuit detects the negative output and discharges the charges so as to set the input to '0'. Thus, the offset of the signal level due to the charge leakage is automatically corrected.