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Patent Inventor Names
Gennadiy Agranov0
Igor Karasev0
Chen Xu0
Date of Patent
March 9, 2010
Patent Application Number
11605103
Date Filed
November 28, 2006
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Patent abstract
Apparatus, systems and methods are described to assist in reducing dark current in an active pixel sensor. A potential barrier arrangement is configured to block the flow of charge carriers generated outside a photosensitive region. In various embodiments, a potential well-potential barrier arrangement is formed to direct charge carriers away from the photosensitive region during an integration time.
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