公开(公告)号：US11774283B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US16963303

申请日：2019-01-24

Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.

Inventor： Takashi Baba ,  Tatsuya Hashi ,  Yoshihito Suzuki ,  Kenji Makino ,  Shigeyuki Nakamura

IPC: G01J1/44 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01S17/894

CPC classification number: G01J1/44 ,  G01S7/4863 ,  G01S7/4865 ,  G01J2001/448 ,  G01J2001/4466 ,  G01S17/894

Abstract: A photodetector device includes an avalanche photodiode array substrate. A circuit substrate includes time measurement circuits and a clock driver. Each of the time measurement circuit includes a delay line unit, and is arranged to acquire, from an operation result of a delay line, time information indicating timing at which a pulse signal is input from a corresponding avalanche photodiode. The delay line unit is arranged to initiate an operation of the delay line in response to input of the pulse signal to the time measurement circuit, and to stop the operation of the delay line in response to input of a clock signal from a clock driver to the time measurement circuit, and is arranged to detect a time interval shorter than a cycle of the clock signal by the operation of the delay line.

公开(公告)号：US11747195B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US17801004

申请日：2021-02-15

Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.

Inventor： Tatsuya Hashi ,  Shinya Iwashina ,  Takashi Baba ,  Shigeyuki Nakamura

IPC: G01J1/44 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/487 ,  G01S7/493 ,  H01L27/144

CPC classification number: G01J1/44 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S7/4876 ,  G01S7/493 ,  H01L27/1446 ,  G01J2001/448 ,  G01J2001/4466

Abstract: In a light detection device, a circuit substrate includes a plurality of signal processing units which process a detection signal output from a corresponding pixel. Light-receiving regions of a plurality of avalanche photodiodes are two-dimensionally arranged for every pixel. In each of the signal processing units, a timing measurement unit measures timing at which light is incident on a corresponding pixel, based on the detection signal. An energy measurement unit measures energy of light incident on a corresponding pixel, based on the detection signal. A storage unit stores a measurement result in the timing measurement unit and the energy measurement unit. A light detection region where a plurality of the pixels are provided and a signal processing region where a plurality of the signal processing units are provided overlap each other at least at a part.