Patent ID: 8441087

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an image detector comprising: a plurality of photosensitive detector unit cells; and a plurality of integrated circuits interconnected to the plurality of unit cells by a plurality of direct bond interconnects; each unit cell of the plurality of unit cells comprising a plurality of layers, including: an absorber layer operable to absorb incident photons such that the absorbed photons excite photocurrent comprising first charged carriers and second charged carriers, the second charged carriers having an opposite polarity of the first charged carriers; and a separation layer deposited outwardly from the absorber layer, the separation layer operable to separate the first charged carriers for collection at one or more first contacts and the second charged carriers for collection at one or more second contacts; wherein the first and second contacts include the direct bond interconnects to conduct the first charged carriers and the second charged carriers from the unit cells in order to facilitate image processing.