Patents Represented by Attorney Tony E. Piotrowshi

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  • Image sensor and its manufacture
    Patent number: 6054746
    Abstract: An image sensor comprising an array of pixels 2, each pixel 2 including a pin or nip photodiode P. At least the intrinsic semiconductor layer of the photodiodes of a group of pixels is shared between those pixels and acts as a barrier to reduce edge leakage currents. A group of pixels may be a row of pixels, or may be all pixels of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Neil C. Bird, Ian D. French, Brian P. McGarvey