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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2003
Sumio Ikegawa, Musashino, JP;
Kohei Nakayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Keitaro Shigenaka, Hachioji, JP;
Sumio Ikegawa, Musashino, JP;
Kohei Nakayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Keitaro Shigenaka, Hachioji, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device comprises a select line, a first signal line crossing the select line, and a first pixel provided at a portion corresponding to a crossing portion of the select line and the first signal line, the first pixel comprising a first buffer layer formed on a substrate, a first bolometer film formed on the first buffer layer, made of a compound which undergoes metal-insulator transition, and generating a first temperature detection signal, a first switching element formed on the substrate, selected by a select signal from the select line, and supplying the first temperature detection signal to the first signal line, and a metal wiring connecting a top surface of the first bolometer film to the first switching element.