Photoelectric conversion device, solid-state image pickup unit, and electronic apparatus including ternary system of organic semiconductors

US9680104B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Toru Udaka · Yokohama, JP
• Masaki Murata · Tokyo, JP
• Osamu Enoki · Yokohama, JP
• Masayoshi Aonuma · Yokohama, JP
• Sae Miyaji · Yokohama, JP
• Takuya Ito · Kuwana, JP
• Miki Sudou · Yokohama, JP
• Rui Morimoto · Yokohama, JP
• Hiroto Sasaki · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/549

Abstract

A solid-state image pickup unit of the invention includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element includes a photoelectric conversion layer; and first and second electrodes provided with the photoelectric conversion layer in between, the photoelectric conversion layer including a first organic semiconductor of a first conductive type and a second organic semiconductor of a second conductive type, and being configured by addition of a third organic semiconductor made of a derivative or an isomer of one of the first and second organic semiconductors.