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Granted Patent B2
US 12,178,059 · App. 17/500,329 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Detection device

Inventors: Takashi Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Uchida (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Tada (Tokyo, JP); Marina Mochizuki (Tokyo, JP); Hirofumi Kato (Tokyo, JP); Akio Takimoto (Tokyo, JP); Takao Someya (Tokyo, JP); Tomoyuki Yokota (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; The University of Tokyo
H10K39/32H01L29/78645A61B5/02108G06V40/1306G06V40/1318
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Patent No.
US 12,178,059
App. No.
17/500,329
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detection device includes a photodiode, and a thin-film transistor coupled to the photodiode. The thin-film transistor includes a semiconductor layer between a light-blocking layer and the photodiode, and an electrode layer between the semiconductor layer and the photodiode, and the electric layer includes a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin-film transistor. The source electrode extends to a position facing the light-blocking layer with the semiconductor layer interposed therebetween.

Claims (16)

1. A detection device comprising:

a photodiode; and

a thin-film transistor coupled to the photodiode,

wherein the thin-film transistor comprises:

a semiconductor layer between a light-blocking layer and the photodiode; and

an electrode layer between the semiconductor layer and the photodiode, the electrode layer includes a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin-film transistor,

wherein the source electrode extends to a position facing the light-blocking layer with the semiconductor layer interposed therebetween,

wherein the source electrode covers an area where the semiconductor layer and a gate electrode overlap with each other in a plan view and a channel region of the semiconductor layer formed by the overlapping, the gate electrode being formed between the source electrode and the semiconductor layer,

wherein the light-blocking layer extends closer to the drain electrode than an end of the source electrode on a drain electrode side extends, and

wherein the thin-film transistor comprises two of the gate electrodes.

2. The detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the photodiode comprises:

an organic material having a photovoltaic effect;

a cathode electrode provided on a thin-film transistor side of the organic material; and

an anode electrode provided on an opposite side of the organic material from the cathode electrode, and

wherein a layer of the organic material and a layer of the anode electrode are continuous along a detection surface over the respective cathode electrodes of a plurality of the photodiodes arranged along the detection surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2021
From: NAKAMURA, TAKASHI; UCHIDA, MAKOTO; TADA, MASAHIRO; MOCHIZUKI, MARINA; KATO, HIROFUMI; TAKIMOTO, AKIO; SOMEYA, TAKAO; YOKOTA, TOMOYUKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.; THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-078926 · Apr 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020016504 · Apr 15, 2020
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Cited By (1)
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