Patent ID: 7482667

Claim:
A system for providing light detection, the system comprising: a contiguous semiconductor volume; a plurality of surface area segments on the contiguous semiconductor volume, at least one of the plurality of surface area segments being an optically active surface area segment comprising at least one optically active area and at least one of the plurality of surface area segments being adjacent to the at least one of the plurality of optically active surface area segments; at least one intersection angle between the at least one of the plurality of optically active surface area segments and the at least one of the plurality of adjacent surface area segments respectively, none of the at least one intersection angle being substantially equal to one of the following: 0 degrees, 90 degrees, and 180 degrees; and at least one electrically conductive line being connected to at least one optically active area on at least one of the plurality of optically active surface area segments and extending to the at least one of the plurality of surface area segments being adjacent to the at least one of the plurality of optically active surface area segments.