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7622702 Power controlling apparatus applied to biochip and operating method thereof  
The invention discloses a power controlling apparatus for a biochip including M regions. Each region includes a plurality of cells respectively. The power controlling apparatus includes a pulse...
7622700 Photo-electric conversion apparatus with alternating photoelectric conversion elements  
A photoelectric conversion element array having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements (emitting optics 4 , receiving optics 5 ) arranged in an array, and the photoelectric conversion...
7622699 Solid-state image pickup device, a method of driving the same, a signal processing method for the same, and image pickup apparatus  
Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device including: a pixel array portion; a dummy pixel; a differential circuit; a reset voltage supplying section; and a common phase feedback circuit.
7620330 Optical receiver device and method  
An optoelectronic device has a bright detector and a dark detector and reduces noise in the output of the bright detector using the output of the dark detector.
7619200 Device system and method for coupling multiple photovoltaic arrays  
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 first...
7615730 Device and method for measuring wavelength of an optical signal  
A wavelength meter, an associated method, and system are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes a photodiode to receive an optical signal and to generate a photocurrent upon...
7612322 Temperature-compensated high dynamic range optical receiver  
A light sensor having a photocurrent subsection and an interface circuit is disclosed. The photocurrent subsection includes a photodetector, an amplifier, a diode and an impedance element. The...
7612320 Solid-state imaging apparatus with reset operation  
A solid-state imaging apparatus including a reset means for resetting an electric charge accumulation means, an amplification means for amplifying a signal corresponding to signal charges...
7608810 Semiconductor device, module, and electronic device including a conversion circuit having a second switch rendered conductive together with a first switch  
The breakdown voltage between the potential of a terminal and the ground potential (or power supply potential) is improved by increasing the gate width of an MOS transistor included in a switch....
7608809 Switch circuit of an image sensor for changing resolution and a method thereof  
A resolution switch circuit for an image sensor uses a control unit to control a plurality of image gathering units to generate and store image signals. A resolution control unit controls a...
7608806 Multiple parameter laser power control with automatic compensation  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for optic signal power control to maintain a desired or optimum optic signal power level. During start-up, a default or target value from memory may be utilized...
7605359 Light source frequency detection circuit for image sensor  
An apparatus for measuring the power frequency of a light source includes a photo-sensor, a modulator, and a logic unit. The photo-sensor generates an electrical signal that is responsive to light...
7605358 Photodetector having dual photodiode and gain adjusting amplifiers  
There is provided a photodetector applicable to communications requiring a high speed and broad dynamic range. When a photocurrent output of a photodiode 14 for detecting optical power is lower...
7605357 Photon counting optically preamplified photoreceivers with micro-digitized pixels  
An array of photon counting phototoreceivers is constructed as an imager with micro-digitized pixels. Each photoreciever comprises a vertical cavity optical amplifier (VCSOA) as an optical...
7601941 Method and apparatus for evaluating solar cell and use thereof  
Disclosed is a method for evaluating the performance of a solar cell which comprises a silicon semiconductor as the main component. This method comprises a current introduction step for introducing...
7601937 Photon detector for photon-induced triggering of measuring electrons  
A photon detector has a photocathode for the photon-induced triggering of measuring electrons. Spatial position information is supplied by an at least one-dimensional electron-detector pixel array....
7598510 Serial interface connecting circuit for supporting communications between different types of serial interfaces  
A serial interface connecting circuit includes a first IC ( 10 ) with a signal transmitting and a signal receiving terminal, a second IC ( 20 ) with a signal transmitting and a signal receiving...
7598481 CMOS image sensor and method of driving the same  
A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and a method of driving the CMOS image sensor that can reduce the number of devices required by each of a plurality of pixels and can...
7595476 Electrical circuit, apparatus and method for the demodulation of an intensity-modulated signal  
A modulated optical radiation field (I) whose modulation amplitude and temporal phase depend on the local position can be detected with a plurality of pixels 1 . Each pixel 1 consists of a...
7595474 Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and method of driving the same  
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion element, an amplification transistor having a gate electrically connected to the output terminal of the photoelectric...
7592581 Control circuit for photomultiplier tube  
In this control circuit, based on a reference potential generated in a high-voltage generating circuit, a comparator outputs an over-light incidence discrimination signal to the outside of a...
7592579 Photoelectric conversion device manufacturing method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, photoelectric conversion device, and image sensing system  
A photoelectric conversion device manufacturing method comprises: a first implantation step of implanting impurity ions of a first conductivity type into an underlying substrate via a region of the...
7589308 Method and apparatus for regulating photo currents induced by dose rate events  
A method and apparatus for regulating photocurrents is described. A photocurrent regulator may include a transistor having an associated cross-sectional area. The photocurrent regulator is coupled...
7589304 Solid-state image-pickup device with column-line amplifiers and limiter  
The levels of the power supply and the ground are kept constant against a parasitic resistance by keeping the constant current of an amplifier irrespective of the size of a pixel signal and the...
7586081 Output impedance varying circuit  
A photo detector IC (PDIC) is connected with a flexible printed circuit board (FPC). A signal converted into a voltage through light-to-voltage conversion in the PDIC is connected with the drain of...
7586080 Producing layered structures with layers that transport charge carriers in which each of a set of channel regions or portions operates as an acceptable switch  
Layered structures such as photosensing arrays include layers in which charge carriers can be transported. For example, a carrier-transporting substructure that includes a solution processing...
7586079 Low power glare sensor  
The invention may be embodied as a glare detection system or as a method of detecting glare. In a system according to the invention, there may be a light receiving surface, a first input channel, a...
7586077 Reference pixel array with varying sensitivities for time of flight (TOF) sensor  
The sensitivity of a reference pixel array RPA to the reference modulated light MLR is varied for different reference pixels RP of the reference pixel array RPA. In one embodiment the different...
7579579 Integrated photoreceptor circuit and optoelectronic component including the same with electric contact pads arranged solely on side of the processing area which is juxtaposed with the photosensitive area  
The integrated photoreceptor circuit includes a photosensitive area for picking up light and a processing unit area for processing the signals provided by the photosensitive area. This...
7579576 Method of manufacturing a solid state image pickup apparatus having multiple transmission paths  
An arithmetic circuit, which is retained by each pixel in a conventional image sensor, is shared by each column. Signal processing circuits of different configurations are provided on signal...
7576345 Semiconductor relay  
The semiconductor relay comprises: an insulated type DC/DC power supply 10 having the input terminal and the output terminal insulated from each other; a pulse transformer 20 having the input...
7573017 Pixel sensors using nonlinear capacitance with logarithmic characteristics  
Disclosed herein is an active pixel sensor having a first transistor amplifying voltage generated in response to light at an integration node; a second transistor selects a specific pixel from a...
7573012 Photo driver circuit with power saving function and method thereof  
The present invention discloses a photo driver circuit with power saving function and a corresponding method thereof. The photo driver circuit with power saving function comprises: a photo sensor...
7569803 Biasing apparatus, systems, and methods  
Apparatus, methods, and systems for providing a uniform bias voltage in a biasing circuit to a plurality of pixels. The biasing circuit has a plurality of switches, including a first switch...
7564030 Method and system for forming temporary images  
The presently described embodiments comprise a system that includes a color changing medium, an erasing device using heat or long wavelength infrared light as the erasing source, a writing device...
7564022 Method and device for time-gating the sensitivity of an imager structure  
A method for time-gating the sensitivity of an imager structure having a plurality of photodiodes comprises applying an electric field over the photodiodes, the electric field having an amplitude...
7564021 Pyroelectric sensor  
A pyroelectric sensor for determines a charge output of a ferroelectric scene element of the sensor by measuring the hysteresis loop output of the scene element several times during a particular...
7560683 Photo detecting circuit and noise elimination method utilized to produce a photo reception signal  
In a photo detecting circuit using an avalanche photodiode (APD), a pulse noise mask signal indicating the timing of occurrence of a pulse noise is generated by XORing a reverse-bias-pulse...
7560680 3D measurement sensor  
In a matrix of light detectors forming a part of a three-dimensional measurement sensor, outputs of light detectors belonging to a same row are connected to a common signal line. An output of each...
7557503 Streak tube including control electrode having blocking portion between a photocathode and an anode  
A streak tube 1 A comprises an envelope 10 including an entrance faceplate 12 ; a photocathode 20 for converting light received from the entrance faceplate 12 into an electron; an anode 23...
7557333 Optical signal receiving circuit and optical signal receiving apparatus  
An optical signal receiving circuit has a current-voltage converting circuit which receives the output current signal of a photoelectric converting circuit, converting an optical signal into the...
7554074 Image sensor for low-noise voltage operation  
An image sensor operated in a pseudo pinch-off condition capable of reducing a reset voltage of a photodiode and reducing a dark current and fixed pattern noise generated due to discordance of...
7554072 Amplifier configuration with noise reduction for a photodiode  
A system, method, and device for amplifying the signal of a photodiode are provided. The exemplary system may have a photodiode with an amplifier. The amplifier may have an amplifier inverting...
7554071 Method and apparatus providing pixel array having automatic light control pixels and image capture pixels  
A pixel array uses two sets of pixels to provide accurate exposure control. One set of pixels provide continuous output signals for automatic light control (ALC) as the other set integrates and...
7550713 System for determining an operational state of a MEMS based laser scanner  
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an operational state of a MEMS device of a scanner system may be determined. In the event it is determined that the MEMS device is possibly...
7547872 Integrated circuit comprising an array of single photon avalanche diodes  
An integrated circuit ( 1 ) has an array of single photon avalanche diodes (SPADS), a plurality of read-out circuits, each SPADS being coupled to one read-out circuit, wherein at least some of the...
7547869 Illumination system calibration and operation having a calibration matrix calculation based on a shift in color space  
A method for calibrating an illumination system is disclosed herein. The illumination system comprises at least one light emitter and at least one color sensor. The method comprises emitting a...
7544920 Controller for an electronic line-scan camera which has at least two lines of light-sensitive pixels  
A method for controlling an electronic line-scan camera having at least two lines with light-sensitive pixels by means of external trigger signals. A predetermined number of lines of the sensor are...
7541570 Vehicle rearview mirror system  
A vehicle rearview mirror system includes a variable reflectance reflective element, an ambient light sensor that is operable to sense ambient light, and a glare light sensor that is operable to...
7541568 Image sensor and related method with functions of repairing column readout circuits  
An image sensor capable of repairing column readout circuits includes a pixel array, a column readout circuit array, an addressing unit and a repairing unit. The column readout circuit array...