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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi, JP;

Inventors:

Hidetomo Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuki Tamatsukuri, Kanagawa, JP;

Naoto Kusumoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/0272 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 31/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging device capable of executing image processing is provided. A structure is employed in which a photoelectric conversion element, a first transistor, a second transistor, and an inverter circuit are included; one electrode of the photoelectric conversion element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor; the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor; the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to an input terminal of the inverter circuit; and data obtained by photoelectric conversion is binarized and output.


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