Semiconductor photo-electric converter

Details Semiconductor photo-electric converter Semiconductor photo-electric converter

1989-04-04

1991-05-28

Hille, Rolf

357 30, 357 38, 357 55, H01L 2980

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050198769

ABSTRACT:
A high sensitivity semiconductor photo-electric converter is provided by electrically isolating the gate region of a static induction transistor which exhibits non-saturating current versus voltage characteristic. Optically ionized minority carriers are stored in the gate region to control the potential thereof. A semiconductor gate region provided with a insulated gate is very effective to enhance the dynamic range of the converter. Non-saturating characteristic enables enlargement of the output current simply by increasing the drain voltage. A high-speed and high sensitivity image pick-up device can be materialized by integrating a multiplicity of the static induction type photo-electric converter elements. A switching transistor may be merged in the gate region of each photo-electric converter element to enhance the operation speed of the image pick-up device.

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patent: 3699407 (1972-10-01), Gurtler et al.
patent: 4000504 (1976-12-01), Berger
patent: 4106044 (1978-08-01), Yoshida et al.
patent: 4326210 (1982-04-01), Aso et al.

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