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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Ayumu Ibusuki, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Funahashi, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Nishikawa, Kyoto, JP;
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A signal generating circuit of the invention includes a current polarity switch circuit that receives an output current of a light-sensitive element and outputs a current of which the direction the polarity switch circuit keeps constant regardless of the direction of the received current, a current-to-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current outputted from the current polarity switch circuit into a voltage, and a signal processing circuit that receives the voltage outputted from the current-voltage conversion circuit to generate a signal based on the received voltage. Thus, the signal based on the received current signal can be generated regardless of the direction of the received current signal.