Reticulated gate CCD pixel with diagonal strapping

US7105876B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• DALSA Corporation · CA

Inventors

• Stacy R. Kamasz · Waterloo, CA
• Simon G. Ingram · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 22, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F39/1538

Abstract

A sensor includes an array of pixels organized in rows and columns and a plurality of metal busses overlaying the array of pixels. A first column of pixels includes a proximal set of first pixels and a distal set of first pixels separated by a first jog region. A second column of pixels includes a proximal set of second pixels and a distal set of second pixels separated by a second jog region. The first jog region is displaced in a column direction and in a lateral direction transverse to the column direction from the second jog region. A first metal bus is insulatively disposed over both the first and second jog regions.