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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1981
Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Masaki Fukaya, Kawasaki, JP;
Shunichi Uzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Seishiro Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Shirato, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photoelectric transducing element comprising (a) a substrate; (b) first electrode provided on said substrate; (c) first contact layer to form an ohmic contact with said first electrode with respect to electric charge in at least one polarity; (d) a photoconductive layer provided in contact with said first contact layer and composed of an amorphous material containing silicon atom as a matrix and hydrogen atom, or halogen atom, or both, at a ratio of 1 to 30 atomic % with respect to said silicon atom; (e) second contact layer provided in contact with said photoconductive layer; and (f) second electrode to form an ohmic contact with said second contact layer with respect to said charge.