Photo detective unit and electric apparatus using the same

摘要

A photo detective unit includes a photo detective semiconductor chip including a photo detective element formed under a first manufacturing condition and a buffer circuit for shaping output waveform of the photo detective element, and a signal processing semiconductor chip formed under a second manufacturing condition and responsive to voltage from the photo detective semiconductor chip for generating digital data, and the photo detective semiconductor chip and the signal processing semiconductor chip are together accommodated in a single package.