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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7291923 | Tapered signal lines In an integrated circuit, a layer including a plurality of conductive wires is described. A first wire, having sidewalls, is tapered from a proximal end which has a first width to a distal end which has a second width, to reduce width from the first width to the sec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288429 | Image sensor with vertically integrated thin-film photodiode An image sensor with a vertically integrated thin-film photodiode includes a bottom doped layer of a PIN photodiode imbedded in a dielectric layer, wherein a bottom surface of the bottom doped layer completely contacts its corresponding underlying pixel electrode. T... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7075106 | Method for producing organic thin film device and transfer material used therein A transfer material comprising an organic thin film uniformly provided by a wet method, etc. with high productivity is used to efficiently produce an organic thin film device such as an organic EL device excellent in light-emitting efficiency, uniformity of light em... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6586812 | Isolation of alpha silicon diode sensors through ion implantation An array of image sensors that includes ion implantation regions that provide physical isolation between the pixel electrode regions. The physical isolation reduces coupling and cross-talk between the image sensors. The array of isolated image sensors can... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6528794 | Radiation detecting apparatus A radiation detecting apparatus having an enlarged detection area and improved radiation detecting sensitivity includes a semiconductor layer formed of an n-type amorphous or polycrystal semiconductor of high specific resistance, with a μ͌ product (mobi... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6288435 | Continuous amorphous silicon layer sensors using doped poly-silicon back contact A method and apparatus for reducing vertical leakage current in a high fill factor sensor array is described. Reduction of vertical leakage current is achieved by eliminating Schottky junction interfaces that occur between metal back contacts and intrinsi... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6242729 | Two-dimensional image detector A two-dimensional image detector is provided with an active-matrix substrate, which has lattice-shaped wiring, a plurality of thin-film transistors installed at the respective lattice points of the electrode wiring and a plurality of pixel electrodes, an ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6211533 | Solid state imager including TFTs with variably doped contact layer system for reducing TFT leakage current and increasing mobility A TFT structure includes a variably doped contact layer system in order to reduce leakage current characteristics and increase mobility of the TFT. Such TFTs may be utilized in, for example, X-ray imagers or liquid crystal displays. In certain embodiments... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6188056 | Solid state optical imaging pixel with resistive load Disclosed is a CMOS image sensor that includes pixels employing a radiation-sensitive resistive element in which the resistance of the element changes in response to the quantity of radiation striking it. The resistive elements are made from an appropriat... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6163030 | MOS imaging device A solid state radiation detection unit for producing pixel data from electron-hole producing radiation using a photoelectric conversion layer. One aspect of the invention includes a photoelectric conversion layer that is deposited in direct contact with a... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6114739 | Elevated pin diode active pixel sensor which includes a patterned doped semiconductor electrode An active pixel sensor. The active pixel sensor includes a substrate, an interconnect structure adjacent to the substrate, and at least one photo sensor adjacent to the interconnect structure. At least one photo sensor is formed adjacent to the interconne... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6069393 | Photoelectric converter An image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a charge storage unit, a switch unit, and a wiring unit, all of which are formed on a single substrate. A capacitor of the charge storage unit is formed at the same substrate position as that of a ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5973311 | Pixel array with high and low resolution mode Pixel array including a high resolution mode and a low resolution mode and method of reading out the pixel array in a high and low resolution mode. The pixel array includes a first signal line and a second signal line. An array of pixel elements are provi... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5962856 | Active matrix X-ray imaging array A digital detector for radiography and fluoroscopy is disclosed. The detector includes a large area, flat panel that easily fits into a conventional X-ray room bucky tray. The detector utilizes a layer of photoconductor (i.e. a-Se in the preferred embodim... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5917199 | Solid state imager including TFTS with variably doped contact layer system for reducing TFT leakage current and increasing mobility and method of making same A TFT structure includes a variably doped contact layer system in order to reduce leakage current characteristics and increase mobility of the TFT. Such TFTs may be utilized in, for example, X-ray imagers or liquid crystal displays. In certain embodiments... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5895936 | Image capture device using a secondary electrode An image capture panel particularly useful in radiographic application is disclosed, in which the active image capture area of individual sensors having top and bottom charge collecting microplates arrayed in rows and columns is extended by providing an a... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5892227 | Radiation detection system and processes for preparing the same A radiation detection system having a continuous film of a wide band gap semiconductor, radiation-detecting, polycrystalline material formed from a multiplicity of crystalline grains, wherein the grains are sintered together to form a single, coherent, co... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5818052 | Low light level solid state image sensor A broad band solid state image sensor responsive to up to and beyond 1 μm cutoff wavelength for use in a camera capable of imaging under very low light level conditions with good modulation transfer efficiency resulting in high resolution. The high sensi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5729021 | X-ray image sensor An x-ray image sensor (1) with a lead-oxide photoconductor layer (6) positioned between collecting electrodes (3) and a common electrode (2) is provided with a passivation layer (7) which separates the lead-oxide from the metal of the common electrode to ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5698892 | Image pickup element and image pickup device having scribe lines composed of two portions with different layer structure In order to eliminate film thickness nonuniformity of filters and to attain a cost reduction by simultaneously performing planarizing processes of a scribe region and a photoelectric conversion portion, in a color solid-state image pickup device which is ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5598004 | Image detector An image detector (1, 1a) has an array (2) of sensors (3) formed from layers of material provided on a substrate (4) and separated from a biasing electrode (5) by a radiation conversion layer (6) in which charge carriers are generated in response to incid... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5578837 | Integrating hyperacuity sensors and arrays thereof Sensor elements which are capable of sensing illumination edges with subpixel accuracy are described. The sensor elements include a plurality of conductive storage nodes and a plurality of collection electrodes which are in a low resistance, touching rela... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5567971 | Variable size light sensor element A sensor array includes includes multiple sensor elements that each have a collection electrode in contact with a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer is configured to produce a detectable response at the collection electrode upon incidence of r... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5539461 | Solid state image sensor and a driving method thereof An image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion element, a first MOS transistor having having a gate connected to the photoelectric conversion element, a second MOS transistor connected in series with the first transistor, and a third MOS transistor c... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5525813 | Image sensor having TFT gate electrode surrounding the photoelectric conversion element An image sensor is reduced in size by combining a photoelectric conversion element with a transfer element thin film transistor (TFT). The photoelectric conversion element comprises a lamination including a metal electrode, a photoconductive layer and a t... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5466613 | Method of manufacturing a camera device A camera device having favorable multiplication characteristics (quantum efficiency) as well as improved sensitivity in a visible light region (especially the region on the red side) and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The camera device i... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5399882 | Camera device and method of manufacturing the same A camera device having favorable multiplication characteristics (quantum efficiency) as well as improved sensitivity in a visible light region (especially the region on the red side) and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The camera device i... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5371398 | Thin film transistor A thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode of electrically conductive material, a semiconducting material, a gate insulating material located between the gate electrode and the semiconducting material, a source electrode of electrically conductive... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5366921 | Process for fabricating an electronic circuit apparatus An electronic circuit apparatus which is constructed by laminating a plurality of thin films onto an insulative substrate. On the substrate, an electronic circuit element having two conductive layer which are laminated through an insulative layer is forme... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5354982 | Imaging system having optimized electrode geometry and processing An imaging system employs a photoconductive material capable of bearing a latent photostatic image, a plurality of elongated parallel stripes adjacent the photoconductive material, selective scanning of the stripes to produce charge carriers within the ph... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5352897 | Device for detecting X-rays A soft X-ray detector includes a surface electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a semiconductor detector having an electrode connected to the photoelectric conversion layer, for detecting an electric charge produced In the photoelectric co... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5350915 | Image sensor using organic photoconductor An image sensor uses an image reading element formed by integrating pixels for converting image information to an electric signal. In each of the pixels, a common electrode common to all the pixels and an individual electrode corresponding to each of the ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5338690 | Photoelectronic conversion device A photoelectric conversion device having a photoelectric conversion section and a transistor for transferring or amplification of the photoelectric conversion signal or an accumulating section of a photo carrier. The photoelectric conversion section and t... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5336906 | Image sensor and method of manufacture An image sensor comprising a plurality of photo-electric conversion elements formed by layering a metal electrode, a photo-electric conversion layer, and a translucent electrode, the translucent electrode being divided into individual electrodes which are... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5334856 | Image readout element with oxytitanium phthalocyanine An image readout device having a plurality of readout elements for converting image into electrical signals, each element having a photoconductive layer and a pair of electrodes which contact the photoconductive layer, and between which the layer is dispo... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5332680 | Method of making photoelectric conversion device A plurality of first electrodes are sequentially arranged on a substrate and covered with a non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member. On the semiconductor laminate member are formed second electrodes respectively corresponding to the first electro... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5332450 | Photoelectric conversion device A plurality of spaced apart first electrodes are sequentially arranged on a substrate and covered with a non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member. On the semiconductor laminate member are formed second electrodes respectively corresponding to the ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5329112 | Multi-capacitance photodiode image sensor A high density image sensor capable of higher resolution reading is realized by laminating layers on the photodiodes of the image sensor to allow additional capacitors to form therein in a vertically overlapping relation with the photodiodes. Each photodi... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5313066 | Electronic method and apparatus for acquiring an X-ray image An X-ray image capturing element comprising a panel having a layered structure, including a conductive layer comprising a plurality of discrete microplates having dimensions co-extensive with an image pixel and a plurality of access electrodes and electro... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5311038 | Photoelectric converter with electron injection preventive layer An improved photoelectric converter with reduced dark current includes a first electrode on a substrate covered by a semiconductor layer for photoelectric conversion. A second electrode is disposed on the semiconductor layer. An electron injection prevent... | 05/10/1994 |
