INCREASING FILL-FACTOR ON PIXELATED SENSORS

Title:

INCREASING FILL-FACTOR ON PIXELATED SENSORS

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2005109860

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

Disclosed are systems, devices, and methodologies that facilitate increasing the effective fill-factor of digital sensors. In general, fill-factor relates to the active area or photosensor region of the sensor with respect to the inactive area/deadzone or space between pixels. By increasing the effective fill-factor, transmission of optical information is increased to the sensor while mitigating information loss between pixels. A digital camera may contain a sensor (210) that is responsive to electromagnetic radiation and a coherent scattering medium (250) between the sensor (210) and a lens that diffuses the electromagnetic radiation with respect to the sensor in order to increase the effective fill-factor.

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Inventors:

CARTLIDGE ANDREW G (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2005/015215

Publication Date:

May 26, 2006

Filing Date:

May 03, 2005

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Assignee:

AMIN HIMANSHU S (US)
BORTNICK DANIEL B (US)
TUROCY GREGORY (US)
CARTLIDGE ANDREW G (US)

International Classes:

H04N5/225; H01L31/0232

Foreign References:

US4323925A	1982-04-06
US6058281A	2000-05-02

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