Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photodetector comprising a pinned photodiode that is formed by an optically sensitive layer and a silicon diode
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Application No.: US15345461Application Date: 2016-11-07
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Publication No.: US09972652B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Edward Hartley Sargent , Rajsapan Jain , Igor Constantin Ivanov , Michael R. Malone , Michael Charles Brading , Hui Tian , Pierre Henri Rene Della Nave , Jess Jan Young Lee
- Applicant: InVisage Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Newark
- Assignee: INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Newark
- Agency: D. Kligler IP Services Ltd.
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
In various embodiments, a photodetector includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the plurality of pixel regions comprises an optically sensitive layer over the semiconductor substrate. A pixel circuit is formed for each of the plurality of pixel regions. Each pixel circuit includes a pinned photodiode, a charge store, and a read out circuit for each of the plurality pixel regions. The optically sensitive layer is in electrical communication with a portion of a silicon diode to form the pinned photodiode. A potential difference between two electrodes in communication with the optically sensitive layer associated with a pixel region exhibits a time-dependent bias; a biasing during a first film reset period being different from a biasing during a second integration period.
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