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US 2007/0176213 A1Published application
Imaging device
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Oda
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Abstract
An imaging device capable of multiplying carriers and miniaturizing the device is obtained. The imaging device includes a carrier storage portion for storing carriers generated by photoelectric conversion, having a photoelectric conversion function, a multiplier section including a multiplier electrode applying an electric field for multiplying carriers due to impact ionization by an electric field, one first transfer electrode so provided between the carrier storage portion and the multiplier electrode as to be adjacent to the carrier storage portion and the multiplier electrode.
Claims19
An imaging device comprising:
- a carrier storage portion for storing carriers generated by photoelectric conversion, having a photoelectric conversion function;
- a multiplier section including a multiplier electrode applying an electric field for multiplying carriers due to impact ionization by an electric field;
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- one first transfer electrode so provided between said carrier storage portion and said multiplier electrode as to be adjacent to said carrier storage portion and said multiplier electrode.
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