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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow, GB;
Inventor:
Jeffrey M. Raynor, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED, Marlow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/4204 (2013.01); G01J 1/4228 (2013.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01J 2001/446 (2013.01); G01J 2001/448 (2013.01);
Abstract
A common centroid ambient light sensor includes a matrix of photodiodes having exactly a first row and a second row, at least three color channels, a readout circuit of the first color channel connected to exactly one photodiode in the first row and exactly one photodiode in the second row, and a readout circuit of the second color channel connected to exactly one photodiode in the first row and exactly one photodiode in the second row.