Patent Document ID: 9964575
Application ID: 14139129
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A capacitive image sensor comprising: a sensor array comprising a plurality of active pixels, each active pixel in the sensor array comprising: a three-transistor (3T ) sensor comprising a source follower transistor having a gate, wherein the 3T sensor has a charge cycle and a readout cycle, wherein during the charge cycle capacitance builds at the gate of the source follower transistor to establish a first gate voltage; and an insulator layer over the sensor array, wherein during the reading cycle the insulator layer provides a variable capacitance at the gate of each of the source follower transistors, the variable capacitance establishing a second gate voltage, wherein the difference between the first and second gate voltage is correlative to an object being proximate to the insulator layer, the difference within each active pixel used to detect an image of the object.