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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Kenneth Carl Zemlok, Westwood, MA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
Image sensors are provided that reduce conflicts between different sensor functions because sensor structures do not demand access to the same internal spaces. Accordingly, sensor structures can be independently arranged to enhance their respective functions. In particular, sensor embodiments include a substrate, semiconductor devices and an interconnect structure carried over the substrate, reference and sense electrodes and a photoconductive medium that are carried over the interconnect structure, and vias that couple the reference and sense electrodes to the interconnect structure and semiconductor devices. Different sensor elements do not demand access through the same internal VLSI spaces and may thus be arranged to enhance their respective sensor functions. In addition, sensors of the invention will respond to radiation rays that are orthogonal to the sensor's upper face and also to radiation rays that are tilted from this relationship.
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