Image sensor with photosensitive thin film transistors
US7023503B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/18
Abstract
An image sensor array includes image sensors having photo TFTs to generate photocurrent in response to received images. The photo TFTs each have their respective gate electrodes shorted to source electrodes to increase generated photocurrent. Storage capacitors are coupled to each photo TFT and discharged upon generation of a photocurrent. Each storage capacitor is coupled to a readout TFT that passes a current from the storage capacitor to a data line. Data lines indicate location of the received image on the image sensor array.
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