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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Bradley S. Carlson, Northport, NY (US);
Mehul Patel, Fort Salonga, NY (US);
Thomas D. Bianculli, Manorville, NY (US);
Bradley S. Carlson, Northport, NY (US);
Mehul Patel, Fort Salonga, NY (US);
Thomas D. Bianculli, Manorville, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device for imaging optical code symbols comprises no more than 1024 pixels, wherein each of the pixels has an aspect ratio that is greater than 2 to 1 with a short dimension not greater than 4 μm and not less than 2 μm, wherein preferably the pixels are arranged in a single row. The semiconductor may have a collection surface configured as a set of no less than 256 and no more than 1024 pixels. Also provided is a bar code reader including a sensor for imaging a field of view of the reader comprising a single semiconductor device as described above.