Detection circuit for photo sensor with stacked substrates
AssigneeFacebook Technologies, LLC
InventorXinqiao Liu
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AssigneeFacebook Technologies, LLC
InventorXinqiao Liu
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Embodiments relate to a stacked photo sensor assembly where two substrates are stacked vertically. The two substrates are connected via interconnects at a pixel level to provide a signal from a photodiode at a first substrate to circuitry on a second substrate. The circuitry on the second substrate performs operations that were conventionally performed on first substrate. More specifically, charge storage of the first substrate is replaced with capacitors on the second substrate. A voltage signal corresponding to the amount of charge in the first substrate is generated and processed in the second substrate. By stacking the first and second substrates, the photo sensor assembly can be made more compact while increasing or at least retaining the photodiode fill factor of the photo sensor assembly.
A pixel in a photo sensor, comprising:
A method for operating a pixel, the method comprising:
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