Patent ID: 8274591

Claim:
An electromagnetic wave detection element comprising: a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix, along a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction, each pixel accumulating charges generated by irradiation of electromagnetic waves, and each pixel having a switching element for reading out the accumulated charges; scan lines that switch each of the switching elements, each scan line being disposed corresponding to a plurality of pixel lines in the first direction, and connected to each of the switching elements provided to the respective pixels in the plurality of pixel lines; and a plurality of signal lines, of which at least two signal lines correspond to and form a group for each pixel line in the second direction, wherein the groups of signal lines are disposed with an even spacing therebetween, wherein each switching element, among switching elements connected to a particular scan line, is connected to a different signal line than each other switching element connected to the particular scan line, wherein charge accumulated in the pixels flows through the signal lines according to the switching state of each of the switching elements, and wherein the scan lines are provided such that one scan line is provided for each two pixel lines in the first direction, disposed between the two respective pixel lines, and each of the switching elements is provided at the scan line side of the corresponding pixel.