Photo-electric converter and image forming apparatus incorporating the same

摘要

A photo-electric converter principally constructed with a photo-electric conversion unit wherein mxn photo-electric conversion elements, each having a light receiving window to form a pel and constructed with a layer of light receiving body and two electrodes provided on both sides thereof, are arranged two-dimensionally in an array of m ranks and n files, and wherein the light receiving windows of the photo-electric conversion elements constituting a rank are arranged at an equally spaced pitch of an integral multiple of that of pels. A signal processing circuit processes and produces as an output a signal which has been subjected to the photo-electric conversion in the photo-electric conversion unit.