# US 2021/0240962 A1 · Detection device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0240962 A1 - Document ID: US20210240962A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/165,482 - Filed: 2021-02-02 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-03 - Assignees: Japan Display Inc. - Applicants: Japan Display Inc. - Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240962A1 ## CPC - G06V 40/1318: {using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing} - G06V 40/1394: {using acquisition arrangements} - H10F 39/18: Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor [CMOS] image sensors; Photodiode array image sensors - H10F 39/198: {Contact-type image sensors [CIS]} - H10F 39/811: {Interconnections} - H10K 65/00: Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element and at least one organic radiation-sensitive element, e.g. organic opto-couplers (organic image sensors integrated with organic light-emitting devices H10K39/34; OLED displays integrated with photosensors H10K59/13) - A61B 5/02416: {using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation (A61B5/14552 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/1172: using fingerprinting - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided to the substrate; a plurality of transistors provided corresponding to each of the photoelectric conversion elements; and a plurality of scan lines that extend in a first direction. A plurality of detection elements each include the photoelectric conversion element and the transistors provided so as to overlap the photoelectric conversion element. The detection elements include a first detection element and a second detection element adjacent in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and one of the scan lines is provided between the first detection element and the second detection element and is coupled to the first detection element and the second detection element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A detection device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided to the substrate; a plurality of transistors provided corresponding to each of the photoelectric conversion elements; and a plurality of scan lines that extend in a first direction, wherein a plurality of detection elements each include the photoelectric conversion element and the transistors provided so as to overlap the photoelectric conversion element, the detection elements include a first detection element and a second detection element adjacent in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and one of the scan lines is provided between the first detection element and the second detection element and is coupled to the first detection element and the second detection element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, wherein, in the first detection element and the second detection element adjacent in the second direction, the transistors included in the first detection element and the transistors included in the second detection element are provided in a symmetric manner with respect to the one of the scan lines. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a constant arrangement pitch in the second direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of signal lines that extend in the second direction and are configured to supply signals to the photoelectric conversion elements or any of the transistors; and a third detection element that is included in the detection elements and adjacent to the first detection element in the first direction, wherein one of the signal lines is provided between the first detection element and the third detection element adjacent in the first direction and is coupled to the first detection element and the third detection element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The detection device according to claim 4, wherein, in the first detection element and the third detection element adjacent in the first direction, the transistors included in the first detection element and the transistors included in the third detection element are provided in a symmetric manner with respect to the one of the signal lines. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The detection device according to claim 4, wherein the photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a constant arrangement pitch in the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The detection device according to claim 1, wherein each of the detection elements includes a source follower transistor, a reset transistor, and a read transistor, the scan lines are reset control scan lines each configured to supply a reset control signal to the reset transistor, and two of the reset transistors included in the first detection element and the second detection element adjacent in the second direction are electrically coupled to one of the reset control scan lines. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The detection device according to claim 7, wherein the read transistor of the first detection element and the read transistor of the second detection element are sequentially turned on in a continuous period in which the reset transistor is being on. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The detection device according to claim 4, wherein each of the detection elements includes a source follower transistor, a reset transistor, and a read transistor, the signal lines are reset signal lines each configured to supply a reset potential to the reset transistor, and two of the reset transistors included in the first detection element and the third detection element adjacent in the first direction are electrically coupled to one of the reset signal lines.