PHOTODETECTION DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT

Abstract: each of a plurality of cells includes at least one avalanche photodiode. a light projecting unit is arranged to project light having a cross-sectional shape whose longitudinal direction corresponds to a first direction. the light projecting unit is arranged to scan the light along a second direction intersecting the first direction such that the reflected light is incident on, among n cell groups each of which includes m cells aligned in a row direction, each cell group or each plurality of cell groups. a controller is arranged to apply, in accordance with the incidence of the reflected light, a bias voltage that makes the avalanche photodiode operate in a geiger mode to each cell group or each plurality of cell groups, and is arranged to read signals from cells included in the cell group or the plurality of cell groups to which the bias voltage has been applied.

Inventor(s): Shinya IWASHINA, Shunsuke ADACHI, Shigeyuki NAKAMURA, Terumasa NAGANO, Ryutaro TSUCHIYA

CPC Classification: H10F39/8057 (No explanation available)

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