Patent ID: 9716125
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A61B,H01L

Claim:
1. An apparatus including an imaging array for supporting automatic exposure control, comprising: a support substrate with opposing first and second substrate surfaces, wherein at least a portion of said second substrate surface is planar and includes an electrode region and a non-electrode region; integrated circuitry separate from said support substrate, disposed on said first substrate surface and including a plurality of bias lines to convey a bias voltage; a plurality of data lines to convey a plurality of data signals; a plurality of address lines to convey a plurality of address signals; a plurality of pixels disposed among a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein each pixel includes at least one electrode disposed in said electrode region of said second substrate surface, substantially parallel with at least one portion of said plurality of pixels and capacitively coupled to at least one said first photodiode electrodes; wherein electrodes are not disposed in said non-electrode region, and said electrode and non-electrode regions are mutually coplanar.