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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Mitsuhito Mase, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Seiichiro Mizuno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mitsutaka Takemura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mitsuhito Mase, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Seiichiro Mizuno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mitsutaka Takemura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
Two charge quantities (Q,Q) are output from respective pixels P (m,n) of the back-illuminated distance measuring sensoras signals d'(m,n) having the distance information. Since the respective pixels P (m,n) output signals d′(m,n) responsive to the distance to an object H as micro distance measuring sensors, a distance image of the object can be obtained as an aggregate of distance information to respective points on the object H if reflection light from the object H is imaged on the pickup areaB. If carriers generated at a deep portion in the semiconductor in response to incidence of near-infrared light for projection are led in a potential well provided in the vicinity of the carrier-generated position opposed to the light incident surface side, high-speed and accurate distance measurement is enabled.