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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2012
Kla-tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
David L. Brown, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Guowu Zheng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yung-Ho Chuang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Venkatraman Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes an interposer disposed on a surface of a substrate, a light sensing array sensor disposed on the interposer, the light sensing array sensor being back-thinned and configured for back illumination, the light sensing array sensor including columns of pixels, one or more amplification circuitry elements configured to amplify an output of the light sensing array sensor, the amplification circuits being operatively connected to the interposer, one or more analog-to-digital conversion circuitry elements configured to convert an output of the light sensing array sensor to a digital signal, the ADC circuitry elements being operatively connected to the interposer, one or more driver circuitry elements configured to drive a clock or control signal of the array sensor, the interposer configured to electrically couple at least two of the light sensing array sensor, the amplification circuits, the conversion circuits, the driver circuits, or one or more additional circuits.