JP4589030B2 - 光検出装置 - Google Patents
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Description
S. L. Garverick, et al., "A 32-Channel Charge Readout IC for Programmable, Nonlinear Quantization of Multichannel Detector Data", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.30, No.5, pp.533-541 (1995)
A/D変換回路70は、M個の選択回路501〜50Mから順次に出力される電圧値を入力し、この電圧値をデジタル値に変換して、このデジタル値を出力する。ビットシフト回路80は、A/D変換回路70から出力されるデジタル値を入力し、各積分回路30mの積分容量部の容量値に応じてデジタル値をビットシフトして出力する。
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- 入射光強度に応じた量の電荷を発生するフォトダイオードと、
容量値が可変である積分容量部を有し、前記フォトダイオードで発生した電荷を前記積分容量部に蓄積して、前記積分容量部に蓄積されている電荷の量に応じた第1電圧値を出力する積分回路と、
前記積分回路から出力される第1電圧値を入力し、基準時刻における該第1電圧値を基準とする該第1電圧値の変動分に応じた第2電圧値を出力するCDS回路と、
前記積分回路から出力される第1電圧値を入力するとともに、前記CDS回路から出力される第2電圧値を入力し、これらのうちの何れか一方の電圧値を選択して出力する選択回路と、
前記フォトダイオードで発生した電荷の量と閾値とを大小比較して、その比較結果に基づいて、前記積分回路に対して前記積分容量部の容量値の設定を指示するとともに、前記選択回路に対して出力電圧値の選択を指示する切替回路と、
を備え、
前記切替回路が、
前記フォトダイオードで発生した電荷の量が前記閾値以上であるときに、前記積分回路に対して前記積分容量部を第1容量値に設定するよう指示するとともに、前記選択回路に対して前記第1電圧値を選択して出力するよう指示し、
前記フォトダイオードで発生した電荷の量が前記閾値より小さいときに、前記積分回路に対して前記積分容量部を前記第1容量値より小さい第2容量値に設定するよう指示するとともに、前記選択回路に対して前記第2電圧値を選択して出力するよう指示する、
ことを特徴とする光検出装置。 - 前記選択回路から出力される電圧値を入力し、この電圧値をデジタル値に変換して、このデジタル値を出力するA/D変換回路を更に備えることを特徴とする請求項1記載の光検出装置。
- 前記A/D変換回路から出力されるデジタル値を入力し、前記積分回路の前記積分容量部が前記第1容量値および前記第2容量値の何れに設定されたかに応じて前記デジタル値をビットシフトして出力するビットシフト回路を更に備えることを特徴とする請求項2記載の光検出装置。
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JP2004140073A JP4589030B2 (ja) | 2004-05-10 | 2004-05-10 | 光検出装置 |
US11/596,072 US7501611B2 (en) | 2004-05-10 | 2005-05-02 | Photo detector apparatus |
CNB2005800148794A CN100570295C (zh) | 2004-05-10 | 2005-05-02 | 光检测装置 |
EP05736816A EP1757912B1 (en) | 2004-05-10 | 2005-05-02 | Photo detector apparatus |
PCT/JP2005/008301 WO2005108938A1 (ja) | 2004-05-10 | 2005-05-02 | 光検出装置 |
TW094114737A TW200607342A (en) | 2004-05-10 | 2005-05-06 | Photo detector apparatus |
IL179130A IL179130A0 (en) | 2004-05-10 | 2006-11-08 | Photo detector apparatus |
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JP2001145030A (ja) * | 1999-11-18 | 2001-05-25 | Hamamatsu Photonics Kk | 光検出装置 |
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