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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Princeton Lightwave, Inc., Cranbury, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Brian Piccione, Yardley, PA (US);
Xudong Jiang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Krys Slomkowski, Parlin, NJ (US);
Mark Allen Itzler, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Argo AI, LLC, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/144 (2006.01); H01L 23/58 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/0216 (2014.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1446 (2013.01); H01L 23/58 (2013.01); H01L 31/02005 (2013.01); H01L 31/02027 (2013.01); H01L 31/02161 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scalable fuse design for individual pixels of a focal plane array of photodiodes comprises a fuse disposed on the upper surface of each photodiode in the array, wherein the fuse is situated proximal to a side of each photodiode. The fuse of each photodiode is electrically coupled to the active region thereof via a first bus and is electrically coupled to an ROIC via a second bus.