BACK ILLUMINATED IMAGER WITH ENHANCED UV TO NEAR IR SENSITIVITY

• Main Authors: CHANLEY, CHARLES, S, SARMA, KALLURI, R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 01.05.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

The present invention is a back illuminated image array device (10) and a method of constructing such a device. The device (10) is generally comprised of an array circuitry layer (16), a front layer (14), and a quartz layer (12). The array circuitry layer (16) is defined on one surface of the front...