PHOTODIODE ARRAY, REFERENCE VOLTAGE DETERMINING METHOD, AND RECOMMENDED OPERATION VOLTAGE DETERMINING METHOD

WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/005353

A1

A reverse bias voltage is applied to a photodiode array that is provided with a plurality of avalanche photodiodes operating in Geiger mode, and quenching resistors connected in series to each of the avalanche photodiodes. Current is measured while changing the reverse bias voltage being applied, and the reverse bias voltage that was applied at a point of inflection in the changes in the measured current is determined as a reference voltage. A voltage obtained as a result of adding a prescribed value to the determined reference voltage is determined as a recommended operation voltage.

SATO KENICHI (JP)
KAMAKURA SHOGO (JP)
NAKAMURA SHIGEYUKI (JP)
OHTA TSUYOSHI (JP)
HIRAYANAGI MICHITO (JP)
SUZUKI HIROKI (JP)
ADACHI SHUNSUKE (JP)

PCT/JP2011/078085

January 10, 2013

December 05, 2011

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HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KK (JP)
SATO KENICHI (JP)
KAMAKURA SHOGO (JP)
NAKAMURA SHIGEYUKI (JP)
OHTA TSUYOSHI (JP)
HIRAYANAGI MICHITO (JP)
SUZUKI HIROKI (JP)
ADACHI SHUNSUKE (JP)

H01L31/107; H01L27/146

WO2008004547A1

2008-01-10

JP2010536186A	2010-11-25
JP2011003739A	2011-01-06

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HASEGAWA Yoshiki et al. (JP)
Yoshiki Hasegawa (JP)

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