摘要:
Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion device which comprises: a photoconductive layer (34, 44, 57, 67) made of amorphous semiconductor material which shows charge multiplication and which converts photo signals (37, 47, 50, 60) into electric signals; and a substrate (31, 41, 51, 61) having electric circuits or the like (32, 42, 56, 66) (for example switching elements) for reading the electric signals. The amorphous semiconductor material used according to the invention shows the charge multiplication action under predetermined intensity of electric field so that a high sensitive photoelectric conversion device having a gain which is not smaller than 1 is realized.
摘要:
Disclosure is given for a photoconductive device comprising a transparent substrate (11), a transparent conductive film (12), a photoconductive film (13) and a layer (22) of an insulator provided on at least part of the substrate and of high thermal conductivity, and a method of operating the photoconductive device. Thus, especially, the temperature of a photoconductive film of an imaging device typical of an image pick-up tube or the photoconductive device which may be a one- or two-dimensional image sensor or a photocell can be controlled precisely and efficiently.
摘要:
A photoconductive device having a photoconductive layer which includes an amorphous semiconductor layer (24) capable of charge multiplication in at least a part thereof is disclosed. The method of operating such a photoconductive device is also disclosed. By using the avalanche effect of the amorphous semiconductor layer, it is possible to realize a highly sensitive photoconductive device while maintaining low lag property.
摘要:
A photoelectric conversion device using an amorphous material composed mainly of tetrahedral elements including at least an element of hydrogen and halogens as semiconductor material is disclosed. When a strong electric field is applied to a layer formed by using this amorphous semiconductor, a charge multiplication effect is produced mainly in the interior of the amorphous semiconductor and thus it is possible to obtain a thermally stable photoelectric conversion device having a high sensitivity while keeping a good photoresponse.
摘要:
Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion device which comprises: a photoconductive layer (34, 44, 57, 67) made of amorphous semiconductor material which shows charge multiplication and which converts photo signals (37, 47, 50, 60) into electric signals; and a substrate (31, 41, 51, 61) having electric circuits or the like (32, 42, 56, 66) (for example switching elements) for reading the electric signals. The amorphous semiconductor material used according to the invention shows the charge multiplication action under predetermined intensity of electric field so that a high sensitive photoelectric conversion device having a gain which is not smaller than 1 is realized.