Apple inc. (20250109970). OPTICAL SENSORS HAVING AN ABSENCE OF GUARD STRUCTURES BETWEEN ADJACENT PHOTODIODES
OPTICAL SENSORS HAVING AN ABSENCE OF GUARD STRUCTURES BETWEEN ADJACENT PHOTODIODES
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Anand K. Chamakura of San Jose CA US
Mieczyslaw M. Dabrowski of San Francisco CA US
David D. Dashevsky of San Jose CA US
OPTICAL SENSORS HAVING AN ABSENCE OF GUARD STRUCTURES BETWEEN ADJACENT PHOTODIODES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250109970 titled 'OPTICAL SENSORS HAVING AN ABSENCE OF GUARD STRUCTURES BETWEEN ADJACENT PHOTODIODES
Original Abstract Submitted
an electronic device includes a shared epitaxial structure, an array of photodiodes formed in the shared epitaxial structure, and a readout circuit. the array of photodiodes is disposed between a first axis and a second axis, with the second axis orthogonal to the first axis. the array of photodiodes has an absence of guard structures between adjacent photodiodes. the readout circuit is electrically connected to the array of photodiodes and operable to read out values for different photodiodes or different subsets of photodiodes in the array of photodiodes.