Patent ID: RE39780

Claim:
A system having a photoelectric converter comprising: a plurality of photoelectric converting elements sections formed on a substrate, each of the photoelectric converting elements sections including a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, an insulating layer formed between the first and second electrode layers for inhibiting a first type of carriers both of electrons and holes from passing through the layer, a semiconductor layer, and an injection blocking layer for inhibiting said first type of carriers either of electrons or holes from being injected into the semiconductor layer; a switch section for applying an electric field to each layer of said photoelectric converting elements sections in a direction so that said first type of carriers are one type of carrier, electrons or holes, is introduced from said semiconductor layer to said second electrode layer in a refresh mode or and in a direction so that said first type of carriers the one type of carrier generated by light incident on said semiconductor layer remain in said semiconductor layer and said second type of carriers are the other type of carrier generated by light incident on said semiconductor layer is introduced to said second electrode layer in a photoelectric conversion mode; and a signal processing means for processing signals output from connected to the photoelectric converting elements.