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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Sugiyama, Osaka, JP;
Yousuke Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Sugita, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); H01L 31/105 (2006.01); G02F 1/133 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G01J 2001/444 (2013.01); G01J 2001/446 (2013.01); G02F 2001/13312 (2013.01); G09G 3/3406 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0237 (2013.01); G09G 2360/145 (2013.01); H01L 31/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method of operating an optical sensor circuit () in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, main reset is performed prior to sensing of incident light with use of a PIN diode () and, between the main reset and next main reset, auxiliary reset is performed so that a potential of a cathode terminal of the PIN diode () is reduced within a predetermined range within which storage of carriers is not induced in an intrinsic region of the PIN diode ().