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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Ams Ag, Unterpremstaetten, AT;
Robert Allen Helmick, Allen, TX (US);
ams AG, Unterpremstaetten, AT;
Abstract
A photodiode array is disclosed and comprises a first photodiode comprising a first set of spatially separate and electrically interconnected photodiode segments. A second photodiode comprises a second set of spatially separate and electrically interconnected photodiode segments. A first group of photodiode segments comprises photodiode segments from the first and/or second set of photodiode segments. The photodiode segments from the first group of photodiode segments are radially arranged around a common center of symmetry in a common first distance with respect to the common center of symmetry. A second group of photodiode segments comprises photodiode segments from the first and/or second set of photodiode segments. Photodiode segments from the second group of photodiode segments are radially arranged around the common center of symmetry in a second common distance with respect to the common center of symmetry, wherein the first distance is different from the second distance. Each photodiode has an area matched counterpart photodiode forming a matched pair of photodiodes. The matched counterpart photodiodes comprise a matched set of spatially separate and electrically interconnected photodiode segments. Each group of photodiode segments comprises the corresponding matched set of photodiode segments.