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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Ewan Findlay, Dollar, GB;
Sara Pellegrini, Edinburgh, GB;
Ewan Findlay, Dollar, GB;
Sara Pellegrini, Edinburgh, GB;
STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Ltd, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Abstract
A sensor array microchip apparatus includes a substrate and a lens positioned over the substrate. A plurality of radiation sensor elements are formed on the substrate in an array format and spatially separated from each other. The substrate further includes power supply circuitry (generating power for the radiation sensor elements) and processing circuitry (operable to control and process information from the radiation sensor elements). The power supply circuitry and said processing circuitry are positioned on the substrate within the array between two or more of the radiation sensor elements. The lens, in combination with the spatial separation of the radiation sensor elements in the array format, defines a relatively wide (30-80 degrees) field of regard for the sensor.