PHOTODETECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR PHOTODETECTION DEVICE, AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE

• Main Author: OZAWA Osamu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 11.06.2020
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; COLORIMETRY; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; RADIATION PYROMETRY; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SURVEYING; TESTING

A photodetection device according to the present disclosure is provided with: a light-receiving element; a load circuit connected to the light-receiving element; and a control unit that controls a recharge current flowing in the load circuit according to the element property of the light-receiving e...