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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Beata Ewa Kardynal, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Zhiliang Yuan, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Andrew James Shields, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Inventors:
Beata Ewa Kardynal, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Zhiliang Yuan, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Andrew James Shields, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a photon detection system determines the number of detected photons. The detection system includes an avalanche photodiode and a measuring unit. The measuring unit measures an avalanche signal induced by illumination before the avalanche current through the device has saturated.