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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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