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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1995
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor photoelectric converting device and an imaging device using such semiconductor photoelectric converting devices are provided according to the present invention, the semiconductor photoelectric converting device including an electric charge transfer area provided in a surface portion of a semiconductor substrate and a light-receiving area formed of a piezoelectric material, electrically connected to the electric charge transfer area and provided in contact with the semiconductor substrate, in which electric charges generated by a piezoelectric effect produced by a strain resulting from heat evolved upon the falling of light onto the light-receiving area are conducted to the charge transfer area.