Modular digital pixel sensor system
AssigneePixim, Inc.
InventorsHui Tian, Ricardo Motta
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Abstract
A digital pixel sensor-based modular digital imaging system includes several integrated circuit modules. At least one module includes an integrated circuit die having a digital pixel sensor array and a frame buffer, and at least one module includes an integrated circuit die having control circuitry and/or I/O circuitry. In certain embodiments all component modules are generally the same; in other embodiments the component modules include different integrated circuits that perform different functions. A higher pixel count imaging system may be made by disposing several component modules having lower pixel count digital pixel sensor arrays adjacent one another.
Claims21
Imaging apparatus comprising a plurality of component modules disposed in a fixed spatial relationship, wherein:
- each of said component modules comprises at least one integrated circuit die;
- one or more of said component modules comprises an integrated circuit die having an array of digital pixel sensors and a frame buffer;
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- one or more of said component modules comprises an integrated circuit die having control circuitry and/or input/output circuitry.
A method of making imaging apparatus comprising disposing a plurality of component modules in a fixed spatial relationship on a substrate, wherein:
- each of said component modules comprises at least one integrated circuit die;
- one or more of said component modules comprises an integrated circuit die having an array of digital pixel sensors and a frame buffer;
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- one or more of said component modules comprises an integrated circuit die having control circuitry and/or input/output circuitry.
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