Patent ID: 9509930
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A61B,H01L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image sensor, designed to furnish an image of an explored area that generally corresponds in shape to a geometry of the sensor, the sensor comprising: a matrix of photodetector cells being electromagnetic radiation-sensitive detector cells; the matrix of photodetector cells having an outline being polygonal in shape; the matrix of photodetector cells having a periphery with at least one oblique edge connecting two orthogonal edges together with one another; each of the photodetector cells being directly connected to one of a plurality of line addressing circuits and one of a plurality of column addressing circuits of a readout circuit; each of the plurality of line addressing circuits and the plurality of column addressing circuits of the readout circuit being located along the periphery of the matrix of photodetector cells; and wherein the readout circuit is arranged along the at least one oblique edge; and along the at least one oblique edge, at least one of the plurality of line addressing circuits is juxtaposed with at least one of the plurality of column addressing circuits.