Image detector, fabrication method thereof, image recording method, image recorder, image reading method, and image reader

摘要

Disclosed herein is an image detector including a first stripe electrode, a photoconductive layer which exhibits photoconductivity when irradiated with recording light, a rectifying layer 14 having a large number of diodes, and a second stripe electrode, which are stacked in the recited order. The elements of the first stripe electrode and the elements of the second stripe electrode are disposed so that they cross approximately perpendicularly. Voltage is applied from a power source between both elements to store uniform electric charge in a charge storage portion. Then, recording light is irradiated through the side of the first stripe electrode so that the latent image charge stored in the charge storage portion disappears according to the dose of the recording light. During reading, a predetermined voltage is applied between each of the elements of the first stripe electrode and all the elements of the second stripe electrode. A charging current that flows in the image detector by the application of the predetermined voltage is detected by a charging-current detection circuit.