IP Library Granted Patent US 12,278,294
Granted Patent B2
US 12,278,294 · App. 17/650,718 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Photo detecting device

Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda (Minato-ku, JP); Yasuhiro Kanaya (Minato-ku, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L31/02161H01L31/02024H01L31/0224H01L33/32
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Patent No.
US 12,278,294
App. No.
17/650,718
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photo detecting device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided to the substrate and configured to output a detection signal corresponding to light with which the photoelectric conversion elements are irradiated; at least one or more light emitting elements provided to the substrate; and a control circuit configured to set a wavelength of light output from the light emitting element by controlling an electric current flowing through the light emitting element.

Claims (18)

1. A photo detecting device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided to the substrate and configured to output a detection signal corresponding to light with which the photoelectric conversion elements are irradiated;

at least one or more light emitting elements provided to the substrate; and

a control circuit configured to set a wavelength of light output from the light emitting element by controlling an electric current flowing through the light emitting element, wherein

the photoelectric conversion elements are provided to an upper side of a first main surface of the substrate,

the light emitting element is provided to a lower side of a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and

a through hole passing through the first main surface and the second main surface of the substrate is formed in a region overlapping the light emitting element and not overlapping the photoelectric conversion elements.

2. The photo detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to obtain wavelength dependence of light from an object to be detected based on light with different wavelengths output from the light emitting element.

3. The photo detecting device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a memory configured to store therein information on the photoelectric conversion elements and information on the light emitting element, wherein

the control circuit is configured to set the wavelength of the light output from the light emitting element based on information on the wavelength dependence, and

the control circuit is configured to set a signal supplied to the light emitting element based on the information on the photoelectric conversion elements and the information on the light emitting element stored in the memory.

4. The photo detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a power supply voltage control circuit configured to supply a power supply potential to an anode of the light emitting element based on a control signal from the control circuit;

a drive transistor provided corresponding to the light emitting element; and

a light emitting element drive circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the drive transistor based on a control signal from the control circuit.

5. The photo detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element is an LED including a gallium nitride semiconductor layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 28, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071846/0383 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2022
From: IKEDA, MASANOBU; KANAYA, YASUHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 058991/0304 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-154816 · Aug 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020026068 · Jul 2, 2020
Related Publication 20220165891A1 · May 26, 2022
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