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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Russell W. Gruhlke, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark D. Crook, Windsor, CO (US);
Thomas E. Dungan, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Russell W. Gruhlke, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark D. Crook, Windsor, CO (US);
Thomas E. Dungan, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Aptina Imaging Corporation, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A semiconductor sensor including a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a fluorescent molecule layer and a photosensitive layer. The fluorescent molecule layer converts light incident on the pixel to surface plasmons. The photosensitive layer generates a light detection signal representative of an intensity of light incident on the pixel in response to the surface plasmons in a region of the sensor which is close enough to the surface of the pixels that electronic crosstalk between the pixels does not occur.