SIMPLIFIED LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT, LIGHT SENSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT, METHOD OF DRIVING THE LIGHT SENSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIGHT SENSING APPARATUS
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1. A light sensing circuit, comprising:
- an oxide semiconductor transistor including a channel layer including an oxide semiconductor material,wherein the oxide semiconductor transistor is configured to operate as a light sensing device that senses light and a switch that outputs light sensing data.
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In a simplified light sensing circuit, a light sensing apparatus including the light sensing circuit, a method of driving the light sensing apparatus, and an image acquisition apparatus and optical touch screen apparatus including the light sensing apparatus, the light sensing circuit includes an oxide semiconductor transistor including a channel layer including an oxide semiconductor material, for each pixel. The oxide semiconductor transistor is configured to operate as a light sensing device that senses light and a switch that outputs light sensing data.
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1. A light sensing circuit, comprising:
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an oxide semiconductor transistor including a channel layer including an oxide semiconductor material, wherein the oxide semiconductor transistor is configured to operate as a light sensing device that senses light and a switch that outputs light sensing data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 22, 24)
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10. A light sensing apparatus, comprising:
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a light sensing pixel array including a plurality of light sensing pixels in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and a gate driver including a plurality of gate lines in a row direction, the gate driver being configured to provide a gate voltage and a reset signal to each of the plurality of light sensing pixels via the plurality of gate lines, wherein each of the plurality of light sensing pixels includes an oxide semiconductor transistor configured to operate as a both a light sensing device that senses light and a switch that outputs light sensing data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25)
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26. A method of driving a light sensing apparatus, the method comprising:
sequentially applying a negative first voltage, a negative second voltage that is higher than the first voltage, and a positive third voltage to a gate of an oxide semiconductor transistor that operates as both a light sensing device sensing light and a switch outputting light sensing data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of driving a light sensing apparatus, the light sensing apparatus comprising a plurality of light sensing pixels in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each of the light sensing pixels including an oxide semiconductor transistor that operates as both a light sensing device sensing light and a switch outputting light sensing data, the method comprising:
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applying a negative second voltage to gates of the oxide semiconductor transistors of the plurality of light sensing pixels in a row from among the plurality of rows, and a negative first voltage that is lower than the second voltage to the gates of the oxide semiconductor transistors in other rows from among the plurality of rows; sequentially applying the second voltage to the gates of the oxide semiconductor transistors of the plurality of light sensing pixels in a next row from among the plurality or rows, and applying the first voltage to the gates of the oxide semiconductor transistors of the plurality of light sensing pixels in rows other than the next row from among the plurality of rows; and simultaneously applying a positive third voltage to the gates of the oxide semiconductor transistors of the plurality of the light sensing pixels in all the rows, after the sequential application of the second voltage to all rows is completed. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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