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- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus including unit pixel, counter electrode, photoelectric conversion layer, and voltage supply circuit
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Application No.: US16241714Application Date: 2019-01-07
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Publication No.: US10368027B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Shinichi Machida , Takeyoshi Tokuhara , Manabu Nakata , Sanshiro Shishido , Masaaki Yanagida , Masumi Izuchi
- Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2017-018769 20170203
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L51/42 ; H01L27/30 ; H01L51/00

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus includes a unit pixel including a pixel electrode, a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the pixel electrode, and a signal detection circuit electrically connected to the charge accumulation region; a counter electrode facing the pixel electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the electrodes; and a voltage supply circuit configured to selectively apply any one of first, second, and third voltages between the electrodes. The photoelectric conversion layer exhibits first and second wavelength sensitivity characteristics in a wavelength range when the voltage supply circuit applies the first and second voltages between the electrodes, respectively, and becomes insensitive to light in the wavelength range when the voltage supply circuit applies the third voltage between the electrodes.
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