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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Nagakute-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Mineki Soga, Nisshin, JP;
Cristiano Niclass, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, Nagakute, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/144 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/144 (2013.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); H01L 31/02019 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a light detector having a light-receiving unit including a light-receiving element of a photon-counting type that receives incident light and outputs a binary pulse indicating presence or absence of photon incidence, and an integrating unit that calculates an output value in which a total of pulse widths of pulses is integrated over a measurement period.