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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Jeffrey Raynor, Edinburgh, GB;
Arnaud Laflaquiere, Edinburgh, GB;
Stewart Smith, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED, Marlow Bucks, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/144 (2006.01); H01L 31/0232 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 5/335 (2013.01); H01L 27/1446 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14632 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H01L 27/14687 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 31/0232 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor module has first and second sensor arrays formed on a substrate, with the first and second sensor arrays adapted to share common readout circuitry and shared read out for a pair of sensors on a single array.