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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2010
Applicants:

Jeffrey F. Denatale, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

David J. Gulbransen, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

William E. Tennant, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Alexandros P. Papavasiliou, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey F. DeNatale, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

David J. Gulbransen, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

William E. Tennant, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Alexandros P. Papavasiliou, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Assignee:

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); G05D 23/20 (2006.01); G01J 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 23/2036 (2013.01); G01J 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging array comprises a photodetector layer, a readout IC (ROIC) layer, and a charge storage capacitor layer which is distinct from the photodetector and ROIC layers; the layers are electrically interconnected to form the array. The capacitors within the charge storage capacitor layer are preferably micromachined; the charge storage capacitor layer can be an interposer layer or an outer layer.


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