Patent ID: 9696205
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G01J,H01L

Claim:
1. An array type light-receiving device comprising: a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of the pixels including a light-receiving layer providing a responsivity to a wavelength of light for each said pixel, wherein the pixels arranged in the second direction constitute a plurality of pixel lines extending in the second direction, the plurality of pixel lines being arranged in the first direction to form an array, the pixels in each of the pixel lines have pixel areas different from each other, in at least one of the pixel lines, the pixel area of each respective pixel is determined in accordance with said respective pixel's responsivity to a wavelength of light received thereby, and the pixels in each of the pixel lines include a first pixel and second pixel, the first pixel being configured to receive light at the wavelength at which the first pixel has said responsivity, and the second pixel having a pixel area determined by the first pixel's responsivity.