Patent ID: 7787081

Claim:
A photo-sensitive element, comprising: a first conductive line; a second conductive line; a switch thin film transistor (switch TFT) having a first gate electrode, a first terminal electrode and a second terminal electrode, wherein said first gate electrode is electrically connected to said first conductive line and said first terminal electrode is electrically connected to said second conductive line; and a photo thin film transistor (photo TFT) having a second gate electrode, a third terminal electrode and a fourth terminal electrode, wherein the photo TFT is electrically connected between said first conductive line and said second terminal electrode to detect a light incident thereon, the first gate electrode of the switch TFT and the second gate electrode of the photo TFT are connected to each other, and the second terminal electrode of the switch TFT and the third terminal electrode of the photo TFT are connected to each other.