Patent ID: 9659979
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G01T,H01L

Claim:
1. An integrated radiation sensor, comprising: a sensing structure; a first lateral bipolar junction transistor having a base that is electrically coupled to the sensing structure, the first lateral bipolar junction transistor being configured to generate an output signal indicative of a change in stored charge in the sensing structure resulting from a presence of an environmental property; a second lateral bipolar junction transistor adjacent and electrically connected to the first lateral bipolar junction transistor, the second lateral bipolar junction transistor being configured to amplify the output signal of the first lateral bipolar junction transistor, the first lateral bipolar junction transistor and the second lateral bipolar junction transistor having opposite polarities, and a substrate, wherein the first lateral bipolar junction transistor, the second lateral bipolar junction transistor and the substrate form a monolithic structure.