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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Riken, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor dark image position sensing device comprises a photoelectric layer generating a photoelectric current in a portion where light is input in response to intensity of the light input, a resistive element layer into which the photoelectric current generated in the photoelectric layer flows from a portion corresponding to the position of light input, a second resistive element disposed in association with the photoelectric layer for replenishing an insufficient amount of electric current with respect to the photoelectric current so as to flow the same into the resistive element layer in such that a distribution of electric current flowing into the resistive element layer corresponding to the position of light input becomes substantially uniform over a whole sensing region, and signal electric current output terminals disposed at the opposite ends of the second resistive element.