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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1980
Seishiro Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Tadaji Fukuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaki Fukaya, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Nakagiri, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photo-electric converter principally constructed with a photo-electric conversion unit wherein m.times.n photo-electric conversion elements, each having a light receiving window to form a pel and constructed with a layer of light receiving body and two electrodes provided on both sides thereof, are arranged two-dimensionally in an array of m ranks and n files, and wherein the light receiving windows of the photo-electric conversion elements constituting a rank are arranged at an equally spaced pitch of an integral multiple of that of pels. A signal processing circuit processes and produces as an output a signal which has been subjected to the photo-electric conversion in the photo-electric conversion unit.