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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Yasunori Hattori, Shiojiri, JP;
Tomotaka Matsumoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Tsukasa Eguchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14632 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device includes circuit portions disposed on a substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to one of the circuit portions, an optically transparent second electrode opposing the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion portion disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion portion has a multilayer structure including a light absorption layer made of a p-type compound semiconductor film having a chalcopyrite structure, an amorphous oxide semiconductor layer, and a window layer made of an n-type semiconductor film.