# US 12,119,358 B2 · Detection device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,358 B2 - Document ID: US12119358B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/714,478 - Filed: 2022-04-06 - Published: 2022-07-28 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-09 - Assignees: Japan Display Inc. - Applicants: Japan Display Inc. - Inventors: Tadayoshi Katsuta - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119358B2 ## CPC - H10F 39/8027: {Geometry of the photosensitive area} - A61B 5/1172: using fingerprinting - A61B 5/14552: {Details of sensors specially adapted therefor} - H04N 25/76: Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors - H10D 30/67: Thin-film transistors [TFT] {(Stacked nanowire, nanosheet or nanoribbon FETs H10D30/501)} - H10F 39/12: Image sensors - H10F 39/18: Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor [CMOS] image sensors; Photodiode array image sensors - A61B 5/489: {Blood vessels} - A61B 5/6826: {Finger} - A61B 5/6897: {Computer input devices, e.g. mice or keyboards} - G06V 40/1318: {using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing} - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A detection device includes: a substrate; photoelectric conversion elements provided to the substrate; transistors; and signal lines each of which is between adjacent photoelectric conversion elements. Each detection element includes one of the photoelectric conversion element and the transistors adjacent to the photoelectric conversion element. A first signal line among the signal lines is between the photoelectric conversion element of a first detection element and the photoelectric conversion element of a second detection element adjacent to one side of the first detection element and is coupled to the first detection element and the second detection element. A second signal line among the signal lines is between the photoelectric conversion element of the first detection element and the photoelectric conversion element of a third detection element adjacent to another side of the first detection element and is coupled to the first detection element and the third detection element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A detection device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided to the substrate and each comprising a semiconductor layer having a photovoltaic effect; a plurality of transistors provided for each of the photoelectric conversion elements; and a plurality of signal lines, each of which is provided between the photoelectric conversion elements adjacent to each other in a first direction, extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and is configured to supply a signal to any one of the photoelectric conversion elements and the transistors, wherein each of detection elements comprises one of the photoelectric conversion element and the transistors arranged adjacent to the photoelectric conversion element in the second direction, a first signal line among the signal lines is arranged between the photoelectric conversion element of a first detection element and the photoelectric conversion element of a second detection element adjacent to one side in the first direction of the first detection element, and is coupled to the first detection element and the second detection element, and a second signal line among the signal lines is arranged between the photoelectric conversion element of the first detection element and the photoelectric conversion element of a third detection element adjacent to another side in the first direction of the first detection element, and is coupled to the first detection element and the third detection element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the signal lines comprise reference signal lines configured to supply a reference potential to the photoelectric conversion elements, and among the photoelectric conversion elements, two photoelectric conversion elements adjacent to each other in the first direction are electrically coupled to one of the reference signal lines arranged between the two photoelectric conversion elements and are symmetrically arranged with the reference signal line interposed between the two photoelectric conversion elements. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The detection device according to claim 2, comprising output signal lines configured to output signals from the transistors, wherein the reference signal line is provided between two output signal lines adjacent to each other in the first direction among the output signal lines. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at an equal arrangement pitch in the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, wherein an external shape of each of the photoelectric conversion elements is symmetrical with respect to a virtual line serving as an axis of symmetry that passes through a midpoint of one of the photoelectric conversion elements in the first direction and is parallel to the second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the detection element comprises a plurality of gate lines extending in the first direction and adjacent to each other in the second direction, and the transistors are arranged between the gate lines adjacent to each other in the second direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, comprising output signal lines configured to output signals from the transistors, wherein a region occupied by the signal lines and the output signal lines is symmetrical with respect to a virtual line serving as an axis of symmetry that passes through a midpoint of one of the photoelectric conversion elements in the first direction and is parallel to the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the transistors in each of the photoelectric conversion elements comprise a source follower transistor, a reset transistor, and a read transistor, the signal lines comprise reset signal lines configured to supply a reset signal to the reset transistors and power supply signal lines configured to supply a power supply potential to the source follower transistors, and two of the source follower transistors adjacent to each other in the first direction are electrically coupled to one of the power supply signal lines arranged between the two source follower transistors and are symmetrically arranged with the power supply signal line interposed between the two source follower transistors. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) The detection device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the transistors in each of the photoelectric conversion elements comprise a source follower transistor, a reset transistor, and a read transistor, the signal lines comprise reset signal lines configured to supply a reset signal to the reset transistors and power supply signal lines configured to supply a power supply potential to the source follower transistors, and two of the source follower transistors adjacent to each other in the first direction are electrically coupled to one of the power supply signal lines arranged between the two source follower transistors and are symmetrically arranged with two of the reset signal lines and the power supply signal line interposed between the two source follower transistors. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The detection device according to claim 8, wherein each of the power supply signal lines is provided between two of the reset signal lines adjacent to each other in the first direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The detection device according to claim 9, wherein each of the power supply signal lines is provided between two of the reset signal lines adjacent to each other in the first direction.