Sensor matrix

Claim 1

A sensor matrix comprising: a plurality of radiation sensitive sensors in a two dimensional matrix of columns and rows, each sensor comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a semiconductor layer between the first and second electrodes; the first electrodes of said sensors being separate from one another; said semiconductor layer being continuous and common to said plurality of sensors, said layer covering and being contiguous with said first electrodes of said plurality of sensors; said second electrodes being formed as a continuous layer for at least a group of sensors of said matrix and covering the semiconductive layer at the area of said first electrodes of said at least a group, the sensors of said at least a group lying in a two dimensional array of columns and rows; a plurality of charge storage means for storing charges manifesting radiation incident on said semiconductor layer, each storage means being coupled to and corresponding to a different one of said first electrodes of said at least a group of sensors; a plurality of thin-film electronic switches each coupled to and corresponding to a different one of said charge storage means and covered by said semiconductor layer; and means for selectively activating said switches for reading the charges of the storage means in a selected row; said means for selectively activating including a plurality of thin-film switching conductors each coupled to the switches of a different corresponding row of said charge storage means and a plurality of thin-film read conductors coupled to said switches in a plurality of columns, each read conductor corresponding to a different column, said switches when activated causing the corresponding read conductors to carry the charges of the selected change storage means, said semiconductor layer being juxtaposed with said switching and read conductors.