Patent ID: 7655920

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a conversion apparatus, the conversion apparatus including pixels having switching elements disposed over an insulating substrates, conversion elements disposed over the switching elements and coupled to the switching elements and an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the conversion elements and the switching elements, wherein each of the conversion elements comprises an upper electrode layer, a lower electrode and an impurity semiconductor layer disposed between the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode; and lines coupled to the pixels and having terminal elements to provide a connection to an external circuit, wherein the lines include bias lines disposed over the impurity semiconductor layer and coupled to an external power source circuit for applying a bias voltage to the conversion elements, the method comprising: forming a metal layer covering the impurity semiconductor layer and forming the bias lines by the metal layer and forming the terminal elements outside the pixels by the metal layer; forming a transparent conductive layer covering surfaces of the terminal elements and forming the upper electrode layer of the conversion elements by the transparent conductive layer; and forming a protective layer covering edges of the terminal elements and having openings.