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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Applicant:
Moriyasu Ichino, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Moriyasu Ichino, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method to maintain a multiplication factor of an avalanche photodiode independent on temperatures without additional devices. The light-receiving apparatus of the invention includes an avalanche photodiode (APD), a dividing circuit, and a bias supplying circuit. The APD has a first region, where a significant multiplication factor appears, and a second region without any multiplication factor. The dividing circuit extracts a second signal.