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Image reading device

US6486974B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 2000
Grant dateNov 26, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/486
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides an image reading device capable of precise detection of the optical signal over a wide wavelength range, by forming a photoelectric converting unit for converting the visible light into an electrical signal and a photoelectric converting unit for converting the invisible light into an electrical signal, in monolithic manner on a single semiconductor chip.

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