Patent ID: 8067813

Claim:
An apparatus including an integrated photosensitive device, comprising: a substrate; and a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) photodiode at least a portion of which is disposed over said substrate and comprising first and second electrodes, one or more dielectrics at least a portion of at least one of which is disposed between said first and second electrodes, wherein at least one of said one or more dielectric portions comprises a respective at least substantially continuous layer of dielectric material, one or more semiconductors at least a portion of at least one of which is disposed between one of said one or more dielectrics and one of said first and second electrodes and is in planar contact with said one of said first and second electrodes, wherein at least one of said one or more semiconductor portions comprises a respective at least substantially continuous layer of semiconductor material, and said one of said first and second electrodes comprises a continuous electrode, and a third electrode a portion of which is disposed, at least in part, in a non-coplanar manner along a peripheral portion of another of said first and second electrodes, wherein said third electrode is electrically insulated from said first and second electrodes, said at least a portion of at least one of said one or more semiconductors is disposed between said one of said first and second electrodes and said third and said another of said first and second electrodes, said another of said first and second electrodes includes a plurality of peripheral edges, said third electrode is disposed in said non-coplanar manner along at least a substantial portion of each of said plurality of peripheral edges thereby defining a pixel region, and said one of said first and second electrodes comprises said continuous electrode throughout said pixel region.