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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Optiz, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vage Oganesian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhenhua Lu, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Optiz, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An image sensor that comprises a first substrate and a plurality of photo detector assemblies disposed on or in the first substrate. Each of the photo detector assemblies comprises a photo detector formed on or in a second substrate and configured to generate an analog signal in response to received light, a converter formed on or in a third substrate, wherein the converter is electrically coupled to the photo detector and includes circuitry for converting the analog signal to a digital signal, a processor formed on or in a fourth substrate, wherein the processor is electrically coupled to the converter and includes circuitry for processing the digital signal.