Patent ID: 6961158

Claim:
A photosensor assembly comprising: a first array, a third array and a sixth array of photosensor elements, each photosensor element in the first array, the third array and the sixth array of photosensor elements exhibiting a first size; a second array, a fourth array and a sixth array of photosensor elements, each photosensor element in the second array, the fourth array and the sixth array of photosensor elements exhibiting a size different than the first size; the first array and the second array of photosensor elements operative to detect a first color of light, the third array and the fourth array of photosensor elements operative to detect a second color of light, and the fifth array and the sixth array of photosensor elements operative to detect a third color of light; a first array of charge shift registers coupled between the first array and second array of photosensor elements and operative to receive charges therefrom; a second array of charge shift registers coupled between the third array and fourth array of photosensor elements and operative to receive charges therefrom; and a third array of charge shift registers coupled between the fifth array and sixth array of photosensor elements and operative to receive charges therefrom.