Semiconductor device adapted for imaging bar code symbols
US6837431B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/12
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A semiconductor device for imaging optical code symbols comprises no more than 1024 pixels, wherein each of the pixels has an aspect ratio that is greater than 2 to 1 with a short dimension not greater than 4 μm and not less than 2 μm, wherein preferably the pixels are arranged in a single row. The semiconductor may have a collection surface configured as a set of no less than 256 and no more than 1024 pixels. Also provided is a bar code reader including a sensor for imaging a field of view of the reader comprising a single semiconductor device as described above.
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