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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventor:
Walter Daniel Leon-Salas, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/053 (2014.01); H01L 27/142 (2014.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/142 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 31/02021 (2013.01); H01L 31/053 (2014.12);
Abstract
An image sensor is provided, the image sensor comprising a plurality of photo-diode pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, an energy harvesting output bus connected to the plurality of photo-diode pixels, an image sensing output bus connected to the plurality of photo-diode pixels, and a plurality of switching buses connected to the plurality of photo-diode pixels to direct output of a varying percentage of the pixels to either the energy harvesting output bus or the image sensing output bus.