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Member having light receiving layer with nonparallel interfaces

US4720443A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1985
Grant dateJan 19, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F77/413
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light-receiving member comprises a substrate for light-receiving member and a light-receiving layer of a multi-layer structure having a first layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms and germanium atoms, a second layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms and exhibiting a photoconductivity, and a surface layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms and carbon atoms provided on the substrate successively from the substrate side, said light-receiving layer having at least one pair of nonparallel interfaces within a short range and said nonparallel interfaces being arranged in a large number in at least one direction within the plane perpendicular to the layer thickness direction.

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