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Patent US9490283 - Active pixel sensor with nanowire structured photodetectors - Google Patents
An imaging device formed as an active pixel array combining a CMOS fabrication process and a nanowire fabrication process. The pixels in the array may include a single or multiple photogates surrounding the nanowire. The photogates control the potential profile in the nanowire, allowing accumulation...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US9490283?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US9490283 - Active pixel sensor with nanowire structured photodetectors
Publication number US9490283 B2
Application number US 14/293,164
Also published as US8299472, US8766272, US20110133060, US20130009040, US20140361356, WO2011072032A1
Publication number 14293164, 293164, US 9490283 B2, US 9490283B2, US-B2-9490283, US9490283 B2, US9490283B2
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International Classification H01L31/101, H01L27/146, H01L31/0232, H01L31/112, H01L29/15, H01L31/102, H01L31/0352
Cooperative Classification H01L27/14625, H01L31/0352, H01L27/14612, H01L31/102, H01L27/14643, H01L27/1461, H01L31/035227, H01L27/14645, H01L31/0232, H01L31/101, H01L31/03529, H01L31/1126, H01L31/02327, Y02E10/50
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