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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
David Cohen, Nesher, IL;
Shlomo Felzenshtein, Nesher, IL;
Eli Larry, Beit Shean, IL;
Giora Yahav, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/372 (2011.01); H04N 5/3728 (2011.01); G01S 7/486 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14843 (2013.01); H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H04N 5/3728 (2013.01); H04N 5/37206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling a photosensor having adjacent light sensitive pixels in which photocharge is generated in depletion zones of the pixels by light incident on the photosensor, comprising applying voltage to gate electrodes of the photopixels so that the depletion zone of one of the pixels extends into and lies under a portion of the depletion region of the other pixel.