Patent ID: 8907440

Claim:
A photodiode array having a front side and a back side separated by a layer of silicon and a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, and a left edge, comprising: a plurality of metallic cathode pads extending from a surface of said front side of the photodiode array, wherein each of said metallic cathode pads is in physical contact with at least one n+ doped region and wherein said metallic cathode pads are interconnected by a metallic connections; a plurality of metallic cathode pads extending from a surface of said back side of the photodiode array wherein each of said metallic cathode pads is in physical contact with a second n+ doped region and wherein said metallic cathode pads are interconnected by a metallic connections; and an anode pad extending from the said front side of the photodiode array, wherein said anode pad is in physical contact with a p+ doped region.