Patent ID: 7663115
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G01T,H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device with a semiconductor body comprising a CMOS image sensor with an active region having viewed in projection first sides and second sides perpendicular to the first sides said active region comprising a matrix of active pixels arranged in rows and columns, each pixel having a photosensitive region, the device further comprising a plurality of circuit elements for operating the pixel in the image forming process, the plurality of circuit elements comprising a first set of circuit elements for read-out of the columns and a second set of circuit elements for controlling the rows, said device being characterized in that a first part of the plurality of circuit elements is positioned outside the matrix along one of the first sides and a second part of the plurality of circuit elements is positioned within the matrix of active pixels remote from the second sides, wherein the second part of circuit elements is positioned within the photosensitive regions of the pixels and wherein a part of each of the photosensitive regions in which the second part of circuit elements are positioned remains photosensitive.