PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE

摘要

Provided is photoelectric conversion device which has a high S/N ratio and can increase the detection efficiency even under a low luminance. The photoelectric conversion device generates an increased electric charge by impact ionization in a photoelectric conversion unit formed from a chalcopyrite type semiconductor, so as to improve dark current characteristic. The photoelectric conversion device includes: a lower electrode layer (25); a compound semiconductor thin film (24) of chalcopyrite structure disposed on the lower electrode layer (25) and having a high resistivity layer (242) on a surface; and a transparent electrode layer (26) disposed on the compound semiconductor thin film (24), wherein the lower electrode layer (25), the compound semiconductor thin film (24), and the transparent electrode layer (26) are laminated one after another, and a reverse bias voltage is applied between the transparent electrode layer (26) and the lower electrode layer (25), and the multiplication by the impact ionization of the electric charge generated by photoelectric conversion is generated within the compound semiconductor thin film (24). It is also possible to provide a fabrication method for such photoelectric conversion device, and a solid state imaging device using the photoelectric conversion device.