Patents Examined by Gevell Sellby
  • Patent number: 6958775
    Abstract: A photo-sensor circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a photo-detecting element (PD) for detecting a light signal and converting the same signal into an electric signal, a first MOS transistor (QT) for charging and discharging parasitic capacitance (C1), a capacitor (C2) for accumulating a terminal voltage of the photo-detecting element as a pixel signal, a second MOS transistor (Q2) for transferring a parasitic capacitance charge from the photo-detecting element to the capacitor (C2), a third MOS transistor (Q3) for amplifying the terminal voltage of the capacitor and a fourth MOS transistor (Q4) for selectively outputting an amplified pixel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sukeyuki Shinotsuka, Katsuhiko Takebe