Light sensing device and particle sensing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11035777-B2
Application number	US-201716475184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Priority date	Jan 2, 2017
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

A light sensing device, according to an embodiment, for sensing light emitted from a light source, and reflected or scattered from an object comprises: a light transmitting member; and a light sensing unit disposed on the light transmitting member, wherein the light sensing unit comprises: a light transmitting region; a first electrode layer; a semiconductor layer; and a second electrode layer, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises: a first semiconductor layer disposed around the light-transmitting region; and a second semiconductor layer disposed outside the first semiconductor layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light-sensing device sensing light that is emitted from a light source and is reflected or scattered from an object, the light-sensing device comprising:
a light-transmitting member; and
a light-sensing part disposed on the light-transmitting member, the light-sensing part comprising a light-transmitting region,
wherein the light-sensing part comprises:
a first electrode layer;
a semiconductor layer disposed on the first electrode layer in a first direction; and
a second electrode layer disposed on the semiconductor layer in the first direction, and
wherein the semiconductor layer comprises:
a first semiconductor layer disposed, in a second direction, around the light-transmitting region located on an optical axis of the light source, the first semiconductor layer to have a first circular shape when viewed in plan, the second direction being different than the first direction; and
a second semiconductor layer disposed, in the second direction, outside the first circular shape of the first semiconductor layer when viewed in plan, the second semiconductor layer to have a second circular shape when viewed in plan, the second circular shape and the first circular shape to have a concentric circle shape when viewed in plan, the optical axis passes through a center of the concentric circle shape, and the second circular shape is larger in the second direction than the first circular shape.

2. The light-sensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmitting member has a circular planar shape, and
wherein each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has an annular planar shape.

3. The light-sensing device according to claim 2 , wherein a planar width of the first semiconductor layer is less than a planar width of the second semiconductor layer.

4. The light-sensing device according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer is shared by the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer.

5. The light-sensing device according to claim 4 , wherein the second electrode layer comprises:
a 2-1st electrode layer connected to the first semiconductor layer; and
a 2-2nd electrode layer connected to the second semiconductor layer.

6. The light-sensing device according to claim 5 , wherein the 2-1st electrode layer comprises an extending portion extending toward an edge of the light-transmitting member when viewed in plan.

7. The light-sensing device according to claim 6 , wherein the first electrode layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the 2-2nd electrode layer are not disposed around the extending portion when viewed in plan.

8. The light-sensing device according to claim 6 , wherein the extending portion is disposed on an insulation layer preventing conductible connection to the first electrode layer, the second semiconductor layer, or the 2-2nd electrode layer.

9. The light-sensing device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer further comprises a third semiconductor layer disposed outside the second semiconductor layer, the third semiconductor layer sensing the scattered light.

10. A particle-sensing device comprising:
a light-emitting unit emitting light;
a flow path unit disposed below the light-emitting unit so as to intersect an optical axis of the light-emitting unit, the flow path unit providing a space in which air including a particle flows and light is scattered by the particle;
a light-receiving unit disposed below the flow path unit, the light-receiving unit receiving the scattered light; and
a light-absorbing unit disposed on the optical axis below the light-receiving unit, and the light-absorbing unit absorbing light that has passed through the light-receiving unit,
wherein the light-receiving unit comprises:
a light-transmitting member; and
a light-sensing part disposed on the light-transmitting member, the light-sensing part comprising a light-transmitting region,
wherein the light-sensing part comprises:
a first electrode layer;
a semiconductor layer disposed on the first electrode layer in a first direction; and
a second electrode layer disposed on the semiconductor layer in the first direction, and
wherein the semiconductor layer comprises:
a first semiconductor layer disposed, in a second direction, around the light-transmitting region located on the optical axis of the light-emitting unit, the first semiconductor layer to have a first circular shape when viewed in plan, the second direction being different than the first direction; and
a second semiconductor layer disposed, in the second direction, outside the first circular shape of the first semiconductor layer when viewed in plan, the second semiconductor layer to have a second circular shape when viewed in plan, the second circular shape and the first circular shape to have a concentric circle shape when viewed in plan, the optical axis passes through a center of the concentric circle shape, and the second circular shape is larger in the second direction than the first circular shape.

11. The particle-sensing device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
an information-analyzing unit determining a size of the particle using a ratio of an intensity of an output signal of the first semiconductor layer to an intensity of an output signal of the second semiconductor layer.

12. The particle-sensing device according to claim 10 , wherein the light-transmitting region has a circular planar shape, and
wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer have an annular planar shape so as to be concentric with each other.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sun Woo
• Ko Yong Jun
• Lee Ki Min
• Choi Joo Seung

Classifications

• H10W90/00

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10F77/147

  Shapes of bodies · CPC title

• H10F39/103

  the at least one element covered by H10F30/00 having potential barriers, e.g. integrated devices comprising photodiodes or phototransistors · CPC title

• G01N15/0211 Primary

  Investigating a scatter or diffraction pattern · CPC title

• G01B9/00

  Measuring instruments characterised by the use of optical techniques · CPC title