Patent ID: 7916200

Claim:
An image sensor having a rectangular integrated circuit chip with cut corners, comprising: a matrix of horizontal lines and vertical columns of photosensitive active pixels, each column of pixels having a respective column conductor extending along the column and electrically connectable to the pixels of the column, the matrix having a generally rectangular shape of horizontal width L and having four bevels, wherein the sensor comprises a line selection circuit for selecting a line of pixels and connecting the pixels of said line to said column conductors, and, for each column, a respective current or voltage read block connected to said respective column conductor in order to read image signals detected by a photosensitive pixel located at the intersection of said column and a selected line, wherein the current or voltage read blocks are placed in a row along a horizontal edge, of width L′, of the matrix and are all housed within a vertical strip, the width L 1 of which is substantially less than the maximum width L of the matrix.