摘要 |
A multi-pixel row wafer-scale cluster image sensor chip (WCISC) is proposed. Expressed in X-Y-Z coordinates with its pixel rows along X-axis, the WCISC converts areal image frame (IMFM) into areal image frame signal (AIFS). The WCISC includes multiple imaging pixel rows PXRW1, . . . , PXRWM. Each PXRWi has photoelectrical sensing elements spanning pixel row width PRWi and producing a pixel row image signal PRISi. Each PXRWi is offset from PXRW1 by distance XOFSTi and spaced from PXRWi−1 by distance SPi−1,I such that X- and Y-extremities of (PXRW1, . . . , PXRWM) define IMFM. The WCISC is so configured that any image pixel sweeping through IMFM will be sensed by at least one imaging pixel row. In the presence of Y-directional relative motion between WCISC and IMFM and an external electronic imaging controller (EEIC) interfacing with the WCISC, the EEIC can extract all PRISi from WCISC and reconstruct the AIFS. |