Light detecting device
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorsYusuke SATO, Tetsuji YAMAGUCHI, Hideaki TOGASHI, Yosuke SUDA
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Abstract
A light detecting device is provided and includes a semiconductor substrate; and a pixel including an event signal generation circuit and a first photoelectric conversion circuit, wherein the first photoelectric conversion circuit is configured to perform photoelectric conversion of incident light to generate a first charge based on a first change in luminance of the incident light, and the event signal generation circuit is configured to detect the change in luminance based on the first charge and generate an event signal based on the first change.
Claims44
A light detecting device comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- and
- a pixel including an event signal generation circuit and a first photoelectric conversion circuit, wherein
- the first photoelectric conversion circuit is configured to perform photoelectric conversion of incident light to generate a first charge based on a first change in luminance of the incident light, and
- the event signal generation circuit is configured to detect the change in luminance based on the first charge and generate an event signal based on the first change.
A light detecting device comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- and
- a first photoelectric conversion circuit disposed in the semiconductor substrate or stacked on the semiconductor substrate;
- wherein
- the first photoelectric conversion circuit is configured to output a signal for a gradation signal or an event signal switchably.
A light detecting device comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- a pixel including a first photoelectric conversion circuit and a second photoelectric conversion circuit, wherein
- one of the first photoelectric conversion circuit and the second photoelectric conversion circuit is configured to generate a charge based on a first incident light for generating an event signal, and
- the other of the first photoelectric conversion circuit and the second photoelectric conversion circuit is configured to generate a charge based on a second incident light for generating a gradation signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.