Patent ID: 6803595
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
A solid sensor comprising a first conductive layer permeable to recording light, a recording photoconductive layer which exhibits conductivity upon exposure to the recording light, a charge accumulating portion which accumulates as a latent image charge electric charges in an amount corresponding to the amount of the recording light to which the recording photoconductive layer is exposed, a reading photoconductive layer which exhibits conductivity upon exposure to reading light, and a second conductive layer provided with a photo-charged pair generating electrode formed by a plurality of linear electrodes permeable to the reading light and a photo-charged pair non-generating electrode formed by a plurality of linear electrodes arranged alternately with the linear electrodes of the photo-charged pair generating electrode, which layers are superposed one on another in this order, the linear electrodes of the photo-charged pair generating electrode being connected to a read-out apparatus, which reads out the latent image charge, so that outputs of the linear electrodes of the photo-charged pair generating electrode forming one pixel are synthesized and detected by the read-out apparatus, wherein the improvement comprises thatthe linear electrodes of the photo-charged pair generating electrode forming one pixel are provided with a bypass connection which, when apart of the linear electrodes is broken, allows outputs of the part of the broken linear electrode on the side of the broken part remote from the read-out apparatus to be detected by the read-out apparatus bypassing the broken part of the linear electrode.