US 7,535,010 B2
Sensor and image pickup device
Keishi Saito, Tokyo (Japan); Hideo Hosono, Yokohama (Japan); Toshio Kamiya, Yokohama (Japan); and Kenji Nomura, Yokohama (Japan)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan); and Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Nov. 08, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/937,259.
Application 11/937259 is a continuation of application No. 11/269648, filed on Nov. 09, 2005, granted, now 7,453,065.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-326681 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0251729 A1, Oct. 16, 2008
Int. Cl. G01T 1/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 250—370.09  [250/370.11] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor for detecting a received electromagnetic wave, comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
an amorphous oxide layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the amorphous oxide layer comprises an oxide selected from the group consisting of an oxide containing In, Zn and Sn, an oxide containing In and Zn, an oxide containing In and Sn, and an oxide containing In.