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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Minseok Oh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rui Jin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licesning, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An image sensor comprises a plurality of image sensing pixels arranged to form a sensor array. Each image sensing pixel of the plurality of image sensing pixels comprises a semiconductor photodetector connected to a photosensitive region that comprises a photon reception area configured to receive photons to facilitate image capture. For at least a particular image sensing pixel of the plurality of image sensing pixels, the length or the width of the photon reception area is smaller than about 80% of a pixel pitch measurement between the particular image sensing pixel and an adjacent image sensing pixel, which contributes to reduced volume of the photosensitive region and mitigated sensor noise. A space between the photosensitive region of the particular image sensing pixel and the photosensitive region of the adjacent image sensing pixel comprises at least one oxide layer and/or at least one metal layer.