Invention Application
- Patent Title: OPTICAL SENSOR AND APPARATUS COMPRISING AN OPTICAL SENSOR
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Application No.: US16740676Application Date: 2020-01-13
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Publication No.: US20200225087A1Publication Date: 2020-07-16
- Inventor: Jeffrey M. RAYNOR , Sophie TAUPIN , Jean-Jacques ROUGER , Pascal MELLOT
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited , STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Applicant Address: GB Marlow FR Grenoble
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited,STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited,STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
- Current Assignee Address: GB Marlow FR Grenoble
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6b900c86
- Main IPC: G01J1/42
- IPC: G01J1/42 ; G01J1/44 ; H01L23/58 ; H01L27/144 ; H01L31/02
Abstract:
An optical sensor includes pixels. Each pixel has a photodetector and a semiconductor guard ring around the photodetector. The photodetector and the semiconductor guard ring are dimensioned so that a fill factor of the pixel is less than or equal to 50%.
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