METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IMPROVED CHARGE MANAGEMENT FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND COLOR SENSING - Patent 1846948

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EP 1 846 948 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/43

(21)	Application number: 06720322.4

(22)	Date of filing: 06.02.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H01L 21/8238^(2006.01)
H01L 27/10^(2006.01)

G01C 3/08^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/004053

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/086281 (17.08.2006 Gazette 2006/33)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

08.02.2005 US 650915 P

(71)	Applicant: Canesta, Inc.
	Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BAMJI, Cyrus Fremont, California 94539 (US) YALCIN, Hakan Fremont, California 94536 (US)

(74)	Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell
	Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

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