Back to results
US 2019/0157479 A1Published application
Photodetection element, photodetector, photodetection system and laser imaging detection and ranging apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYuki Nobusa, Kazuhiro Suzuki
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A photodetection element includes a first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer stacked on the first layer and converting light into electric charges; wherein the first semiconductor layer has a thickness of 5 μm or less.
Claims9
A photodetection element comprising:
- a first semiconductor layer;
- and
- a second semiconductor layer stacked on the first layer and converting light into electric charges;
- wherein the first semiconductor layer has thickness of 5 μm or less.
1 more element
A photodetector comprising:
- a photodetection element including a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer stacked on the first layer and converting light into electric charges, wherein the first semiconductor layer has a thickness of 5 μm or less.
- wherein the photodetection element is arranged in an array.
A photodetection system comprising:
- a photodetector including a photodetection element having a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer stacked on the first layer and converting light into electric charges, wherein the first semiconductor layer has a thickness of 5 μm or less, wherein the photodetection element is arranged in an array;
- and
- a distance measurement circuit calculating a time-of-flight of light from an output signal of the photodetector
A LIDAR apparatus comprising:
- a light source emitting light to an object;
- and
- a photodetection system including photodetector including a photodetection element having a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer stacked on the first layer and converting light into electric charges, wherein the first semiconductor layer has a thickness of 5 μm or less and wherein the photodetection elements are arranged in an array;
- wherein the photodetection system detects incident light reflected by the object.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.