IP Library Granted Patent US 12,514,092
Granted Patent B2
US 12,514,092 · App. 17/713,299 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Detection device and imaging device

Inventor: Gen Koide (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
H10K59/60H10F39/192H10F55/00H10K39/32H10K59/8792
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Patent No.
US 12,514,092
App. No.
17/713,299
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a light source configured to emit light that includes a first wavelength band and a second wavelength band; a first color filter configured to transmit light in the first wavelength band; a second color filter configured to transmit light in the second wavelength band; a first photodiode configured to receive light transmitted through the first color filter; and a second photodiode configured to receive light transmitted through the second color filter.

Claims (72)

1 . A detection device comprising:

a light source configured to emit light that includes a first wavelength band and a second wavelength band;

a plurality of color filters, including:

a plurality of first color filters configured to transmit light in the first wavelength band, and

a plurality of second color filters configured to transmit light in the second wavelength band;

a plurality of first photodiodes configured to receive light transmitted through the first color filters;

a plurality of second photodiodes configured to receive light transmitted through the second color filters;

a substrate provided with the first photodiodes and the second photodiodes;

an upper electrode provided on the first photodiodes and the second photodiodes;

a first inorganic insulating film provided between color filters and the upper electrode; and

an overcoat layer, wherein

the first color filters and the second color filters are alternately arranged in a first direction on the substrate,

the first inorganic insulating film is in direct contact with the upper electrode, the first color filters, and the second color filters,

the overcoat layer is in contact with an upper surface of a light-blocking layer between the color filters adjacent to each other,

a third inorganic insulating film is on and in contact with the overcoat layer, and

a sealing film is on and in contact with the third inorganic insulating film.

2 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitted from the light source passes through the first color filters and the second color filters, and simultaneously irradiates the first photodiodes and the second photodiodes.

3 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first wavelength band is a wavelength band that represents a red color, and

the second wavelength band is a wavelength band that represents infrared light.

4 . The detection device according to claim 1 , comprising a counter substrate provided on an upper side of each of a plurality of the first photodiodes and a plurality of the second photodiodes, wherein

a plurality of the first color filters and a plurality of the second color filters are provided to a surface of the counter substrate facing the first photodiodes and the second photodiodes.

5 . The detection device according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of transistors provided corresponding to a plurality of the first photodiodes and a plurality of the second photodiodes, wherein

a plurality of the first color filters and a plurality of the second color filters are provided on the transistors, and

the first photodiodes and the second photodiodes are provided on the first color filters and the second color filters with an organic insulating film interposed between the first and the second photodiodes and the first and the second color filters.

6 . The detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of transistors provided corresponding to each of the first photodiodes and the second photodiodes;

a plurality of signal lines coupled to the transistors;

a plurality of gate lines coupled to the transistors; and

the light-blocking layer, which is disposed between the first color filters and the second color filters and overlaps the signal lines and the gate lines.

7 . The detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

the light-blocking layer;

a lower electrode provided under the first photodiodes and the second photodiodes; and

a second inorganic insulating film provided so as to partially cover the lower electrode, wherein

the light-blocking layer overlaps the second inorganic insulating film.

8 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-blocking layer faces a second inorganic insulating film, and

a fourth inorganic insulating film that is in a same layer of the second inorganic insulating film, covers a contact hole coupling a lower electrode and a drain electrode.

9 . A detection device comprising:

a light source configured to emit light that includes a first wavelength band, a second wavelength band, and a third wavelength band;

a plurality of color filters, including:

a first color filter configured to transmit light in the first wavelength band,

a second color filter configured to transmit light in the second wavelength band, and

a third color filter configured to transmit light in the third wavelength band;

a first photodiode configured to receive light transmitted through the first color filter;

a second photodiode configured to receive light transmitted through the second color filter;

a third photodiode configured to receive light transmitted through the third color filter;

an upper electrode provided on the first photodiodes, the second photodiodes, and the third photodiodes;

a first inorganic insulating film provided between color filters and the upper electrode; and

an overcoat layer, wherein

the first inorganic insulating film is in direct contact with the upper electrode, the first color filters, the second color filters, and the third color filters,

the overcoat layer is in contact with an upper surface of a light-blocking layer between the color filters adjacent to each other,

a third inorganic insulating film is on and in contact with the overcoat layer, and

a sealing film is on and in contact with the third inorganic insulating film.

10 . The detection device according to claim 9 , wherein the light emitted from the light source passes through the first color filter, the second color filter, and the third color filter, and simultaneously irradiates the first photodiode, the second photodiode, and the third photodiode.

11 . The detection device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first wavelength band is a wavelength band that represents a red color,

the second wavelength band is a wavelength band that represents a green color, and

the third wavelength band is a wavelength band that represents a blue color.

12 . An imaging device comprising:

the detection device according to claim 9 ; and

an image processor configured to generate two-dimensional information based on detection signals from the first photodiode, the second photodiode, and the third photodiode.

13 . The detection device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a plurality of transistors provided corresponding to each of the first photodiodes, the second photodiodes, and the third photodiodes;

a plurality of signal lines coupled to the transistors;

a plurality of gate lines coupled to the transistors; and

the light-blocking layer, which is disposed between the first color filters, the second color filters, and the third color filters and overlaps the signal lines and the gate lines.

14 . The detection device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

the light-blocking layer;

a lower electrode provided under the first photodiodes and the second photodiodes; and

a second inorganic insulating film provided so as to partially cover the lower electrode, wherein

the light-blocking layer overlaps the second inorganic insulating film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071793/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2022
From: KOIDE, GEN
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 059501/0399 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-065412 · Apr 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220328564A1 · Oct 13, 2022
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