Patent ID: 8581175
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G02B,H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A device for converting light into an electrical signal, comprising: an optical transmission element for transmitting light; and a photoelectric sensor element for converting light into an electrical signal, wherein the optical transmission element has a bent section, the optical transmission element is configured so that light transmitted in the optical transmission element is coupled out from the optical transmission element at the bent section, the photoelectric sensor element is arranged so that the light coupled out from the optical transmission element is coupled into the photoelectric sensor element, the photoelectric sensor element is configured so that the electrical signal is generated when light is coupled into the photoelectric sensor element, and the photoelectric sensor element comprises a terminal for providing a voltage, wherein the photoelectric sensor element is configured so that when light is coupled into the photoelectric sensor element, at the terminal, a level of the voltage is provided that is dependent on a light intensity of the light coupled in.