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8183516 Layouts for the monolithic integration of CMOS and deposited photonic active layers  
Several detailed layout designs are disclosed, for the monolithic integration of avalanche devices in large arrays, that can be operated as Avalanche Photo-Diodes (APDs) or Avalanche Light Emitting...
8183517 Photosensitive cell with multiple light guides having differing cross-sectional areas and method of making the same  
An integrated circuit having a photosensitive cell with an entry face, a photosensitive element and at least two elements forming a light guide and placed between the entry face and the...
8183510 Image sensor with buried self aligned focusing element  
An image sensor includes an optical sensor region, a stack of dielectric and metal layers, and an embedded layer. The optical sensor is disposed within a semiconductor substrate. The stack of...
8178828 Photo-sensing device, photosensor, and display device  
A photo-sensing device is disclosed, comprising a photoelectric conversion semiconductor thin film, thin films for ohmic contacts to be provided to form an incident light window on one face of the...
8173041 Method for intercalating chromophores into zeolite-L nanochannels and products thereof  
The present invention discloses a method for the intercalation of a chromophore within channels of a zeolite L crystal. The intercalated chromophores exhibit J type aggregation of the chromophores...
8169498 Nonlinear error correction processor for an image sensor  
An image pickup device is provided, capable of complete correction with data of once analog-to-digital conversion, and prevention of excess use of switches and analog devices and/or erroneous...
8154480 Photoelectric conversion device and electronic device having the same  
A plurality of transistors in which ratios of a channel length L to a channel width W, α=W/L, are different from each other is provided in parallel as output side transistors 105a to 105c in a ...
8153951 Optical communication device and electronic equipment having an array of light receiving sections  
An optical communication device includes a one-chip light receiving element having a plurality of light receiving sections having light receiving sensitivity to different wavelength ranges in a...
8142723 Tag free bio sensing micro strip  
In one embodiment, a system for determining information about an assay incorporates a filter assembly that includes an optical structure configured to be removably attachable to a laser resonating...
8143566 Electron emission device of high current density and high operational frequency  
An electric device operable with a THz-range frequency of the device output is presented. The device comprises a photocathode installed in either one of a diode, triode and tetrode configuration,...
8138462 Resetting a row driven imager pixel  
An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry...
8134114 Direct attach optical receiver module and method of testing  
A direct attach optical receiver module and a system and method for testing the direct attach optical receiver module are provided. An optical receiver module may include an optical detector and an...
8134110 Solid-state imaging device and solid-state imaging device manufacturing method  
A solid-state imaging device 1 includes: a semiconductor substrate 11 on which pixels are placed like a matrix; and each of the pixels having a photoelectric conversion element 13 and a color...
8124924 Photoelectric conversion device and electronic device provided with the photoelectric conversion device  
An output terminal of a photoelectric conversion element included in the photoelectric conversion device is connected to a drain terminal and a gate terminal of a MOS transistor which is...
8119969 Imaging device and method for high-sensitivity optical scanning and integrated circuit therefor  
An inspection system includes a CMOS integrated circuit having integrally formed thereon an at least two dimensional array of photosensors and providing an inspection output representing an object...
8120044 Multi-chips with an optical interconnection unit  
A multi-chip having an optical interconnection unit is provided. The multi-chip having an optical interconnection unit includes a plurality of silicon chips sequentially stacked, a plurality of...
8115156 Optical condition design method for a compound-eye imaging device  
An imaginary object plane is set in front of an imaging device body (plane setting step). A part of optical conditions of optical lenses are changed as variables, and positions of points (pixel...
8106348 Wavelength detection based on depth penetration for color image sensing  
The present invention is based on the principle of depth of penetration of electromagnetic rays. In the case of semiconductor mono-crystalline materials, such as silicon, the depth of penetration...
8108147 Apparatus and method for automatic omni-directional visual motion-based collision avoidance  
A method of identifying and imaging a high risk collision object relative to a host vehicle includes arranging a plurality of N sensors for imaging a three-hundred and sixty degree horizontal field...
8106979 Camera module and array based thereon  
The invention relates to the development of economical camera modules having objectives contained therein with a minimal constructional length and excellent optical properties. It is made possible...
8101901 Method and apparatus for acquiring physical information, method for manufacturing semiconductor device including array of a plurality of unit components for detecting physical quantity distribution, light-receiving device and manufacturing method therefor, and solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method therefor  
Method and apparatus for acquiring physical information, method for manufacturing semiconductor device including array of a plurality of unit components for detecting physical quantity...
8101898 Optically gated MEMS switch  
An optically powered MEMS gate driver includes a photovoltaic converter configured to receive a light signal from a light source and output a DC supply voltage for a MEMS gate driver in response...
8093541 Anti-blooming protection of pixels in a pixel array for multiple scaling modes  
Circuits and methods of generating control signals for transistors in a pixel row of a pixel array are disclosed. The circuits include a transfer transistor control signal row driver that includes...
8084727 Device for detecting an electromagnetic radiation with current limitation  
This device for detecting an electromagnetic radiation, comprises a matrix of juxtaposed elementary sensors (1), each associated with a common substrate in which a sequential addressing read...
8084728 Optical sensing device  
The present invention discloses an optical sensing device with multiple photodiode elements and multi-cavity Fabry-Perot ambient light filter structure to detect and convert light signal with...
8077304 Light amount measuring apparatus  
A light amount measuring apparatus including a light amount measuring circuit and a power supply for supplying power to the light amount measuring circuit; wherein the light amount measuring...
8053719 Image sensor using photo-detecting molecule and method of operating the same  
Provided is an image sensor using a photo-detecting molecule and a method of operating the image sensor. The image sensor may include a plurality of first electrodes disposed parallel to each other...
8039784 Readout chip with binary counter for fast single photon counting  
A readout chip for single photon counting has a plurality of N individually working channels each assigned to a respective detector diode. Each channel has a counter designed as a binary counter...
8039780 Photodiode array and image pickup device using the same  
A photodiode array includes a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a single semiconductor laminate including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and an absorption layer overlying the...
8039785 LED array having array-based LED detectors  
The present invention provides an optical system having an array of light emitting semiconductor devices to performing an operation that have multiple characteristics associated with performing the...
8035076 Physical quantity distribution detector, having a plurality of unit components with sensitivity to a physical quantity change of light  
A physical information acquiring method of acquiring physical information for a predetermined purpose on the basis of change information that is acquired under predetermined detection conditions...
8035077 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device  
A semiconductor device is manufactured through steps in which a photoelectric conversion element and an amplifier circuit are formed over a first substrate with a release layer interposed...
8035066 Solid-state imaging device including A/D converting circuit with power-down controller  
A solid-state imaging device includes pixels, arranged in a matrix, each of which converts light into a signal voltage. The solid-state imaging device also includes column signal lines, each of...
8035072 Optical semiconductor device and infrared data communication apparatus eliminating low frequency component  
An optical semiconductor device and an infrared data communication apparatus eliminating a direct current component and a low frequency component included in a light signal. The optical...
8030608 Backside illuminated imaging device, semiconductor substrate, imaging apparatus and method for manufacturing backside illuminated imaging device  
A backside illuminated imaging device performs imaging by illuminating light from a back side of a p substrate to generate electric charges in the substrate based on the light and reading out the...
8026471 Single-photon avalanche detector-based focal plane array  
An imaging sensor having sensitivity at the single-photon level is disclosed. The sensor comprises an array of pixels, each of which comprises a negative-feedback avalanche diode and a read-out...
8026469 Photoelectric conversion device with plural columns of pixels and conductive patterns for connecting to a source follower MOS transistor of a pixel of a column  
The invention provides a photoelectric conversion device, in which a decrease in sensitivity and a crosstalk between wirings are suppressed. Plural pixel columns are arranged in one direction,...
8022351 Single photon detection with self-quenching multiplication  
A photoelectronic device and an avalanche self-quenching process for a photoelectronic device are described. The photoelectronic device comprises a nanoscale semiconductor multiplication region and...
8017902 Detector  
A detector includes a first semiconductor substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first semiconductor substrate includes a detector element for detecting a radiation or a particle and the...
8013284 Integrated electrooptic system  
An integrated circuit includes at least one photosensitive element capable of delivering an electrical signal when light of at least one wavelength of the visible spectrum reaches it, and an...
8013282 System for programming a plurality of chips, such as photosensor chips or ink-jet chips, with operating parameters  
An imaging system, such as for recording images as digital data, comprises a plurality of imaging chips. Each chip includes a plurality of imaging elements; a data-in input, the data-in input...
7994463 Fabrication of transducer structures  
Methods for fabricating structures such as transducer pedestal structures and transducers fabricated by the methods.
7994465 Methods and devices for improved charge management for three-dimensional and color sensing  
TOF and color sensing detector structures have x-axis spaced-apart y-axis extending finger-shaped gate structures with adjacent source collection regions. X-dimension structures are smaller than...
7989752 Solid-state imaging device and solid-state imaging device manufacturing method  
A solid-state imaging device 1 includes: a semiconductor substrate 11 on which pixels are placed like a matrix; and each of the pixels having a photoelectric conversion element 13 and a color...
7985947 Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system using photoelectric conversion apparatus  
It is a main object of the present invention to suppress the differences of color ratios of B/G and R/G when the film thicknesses of antireflective films and insulation films vary at a processing...
7973380 Method for providing metal extension in backside illuminated sensor for wafer level testing  
A method of providing metal extension in a backside illuminated image sensor is provided in the present disclosure. In one embodiment, a first set of pads and a second set of pads, and a metal...
7968836 Photonic crystal sensors with integrated fluid containment structure, sample handling devices incorporating same, and uses thereof for biomolecular interaction analysis  
Photonic crystal (PC) sensors, and sensor arrays and sensing systems incorporating PC sensors are described which have integrated fluid containment and/or fluid handling structures. The PC sensors...
7964837 Photovoltaic inverter interface device, system, and method  
A photovoltaic system, method and apparatus are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a first and second inputs adapted to couple to a first and second rails of a photovoltaic...
7960678 Display device and manufacturing method thereof  
A display device in which light leakage in a monitor element portion is prevented without increasing the number of steps and cost is provided. The display device includes a monitor element for...
7947942 Photoconductive element and sensor device  
There is provided a photoconductive element capable of generating and detecting broadband electromagnetic waves such as terahertz waves at a comparatively high efficiency by decreasing or avoiding...