Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High voltage generation using reconfigurable photodiodes in pixel array
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Application No.: US16583482Application Date: 2019-09-26
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Publication No.: US11502116B2Publication Date: 2022-11-15
- Inventor: Filip Kaklin , Jeffrey M. Raynor
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Marlow
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Marlow
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: H01L27/142
- IPC: H01L27/142 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An imaging sensor includes a pixel array containing photodiodes, the photodiodes being isolated from one another by full thickness deep trench isolations. Row control circuitry controls which rows of the pixel array operate in an imaging mode and which rows of the pixel array operate in an energy harvesting mode, on a row by row basis. Switch circuitry selectively connects different groups of photodiodes in rows operating in the energy harvesting mode into forward biased series configurations between a voltage output line and a ground line, or into forward biased parallel configurations between the voltage output line and the ground line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210098512A1 HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATION USING RECONFIGURABLE PHOTODIODES IN PIXEL ARRAY Public/Granted day:2021-04-01
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