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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1983
Hidetoshi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Yusa, Ina, JP;
Takashi Mizusaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Jun-ichi Nishizawa, Sendai, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid state image sensor including a substrate, an epitaxial layer grown on the substrate, an opaque bottom electrode applied on the epitaxial layer, a photoconductor film deposited on the bottom electrode, a transparent surface electrode applied on the photoconductor film, a reading-out SIT formed in the epitaxial layer and a resetting MOS-FET also formed in the epitaxial layer. A gate diffusion region of the reading-out SIT is connected to the bottom electrode and a source region of resetting MOS-FET is also connected to the bottom electrode. A source electrode connected to the source region of the reading-out SIT is extended under the bottom surface, while an insulating layer is interposed therebetween to form a capacitance. Charge carriers stored in the gate region of the reading-out SIT can be read-out to derive a large output voltage due to the amplifying function of the reading-out SIT.