Patent ID: 7193197

Claim:
A photodetector in which a photosensitive region has pixels in a two-dimensional array, wherein one pixel is configured by disposing a plurality of photosensitive portions adjacent to each other in one plane, each of the plurality of photosensitive portions outputting an electric current corresponding to an intensity of light incident on each of the photosensitive portions; the photosensitive portions on one side, amongst the plurality of photosensitive portions configuring each of the pixels, are electrically connected to each other by one wiring across the plurality of pixels arrayed in a first direction in the two-dimensional array, and the wiring electrically connected to the photosensitive portions on one side transmits the electric currents outputted from the photosensitive portions on one side in the first direction; and the photosensitive portions on the other side, amongst the plurality of photosensitive portions configuring each of the pixels, are electrically connected to each other by one wiring across the plurality of pixels arrayed in a second direction in the two-dimensional array, and the wiring electrically connected to the photosensitive portions on the other side transmits the electric currents outputted from the photosensitive portions on the other side in the second direction.