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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyoshi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shintaro Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Kawata, Kanagawa, JP;
Rei Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a photodetector includes a plurality of photoelectric transducers, a plurality of resistors, and a plurality of resetting sections. Each of the photoelectric transducers is configured to output a detection signal resulting from conversion of received light into an electric charge. Each of the resistors is connected in series with an output end of a corresponding photoelectric transducer at one end of the resistor. Each of the resetting sections is connected in parallel with a corresponding resistor and configured to bring the output end of the corresponding photoelectric transducer to a reset level in response to the detection signal.