ATE285122T1 - Ccd-bildaufnahmevorrichtung mit multiplizierregister - Google Patents

Ccd-bildaufnahmevorrichtung mit multiplizierregister

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ATE285122T1
ATE285122T1 AT98301428T AT98301428T ATE285122T1 AT E285122 T1 ATE285122 T1 AT E285122T1 AT 98301428 T AT98301428 T AT 98301428T AT 98301428 T AT98301428 T AT 98301428T AT E285122 T1 ATE285122 T1 AT E285122T1
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register
charge
electrodes
drive pulses
multiplication
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AT98301428T
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David James Burt
Raymond Thomas Bell
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E2V Tech Uk Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144—Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146—Imager structures
    • H01L27/148—Charge coupled imagers
    • H01L27/14831—Area CCD imagers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144—Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146—Imager structures
    • H01L27/148—Charge coupled imagers
    • H01L27/14806—Structural or functional details thereof
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/71—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
    • H04N25/713—Transfer or readout registers; Split readout registers or multiple readout registers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/71—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
    • H04N25/72—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors using frame transfer [FT]
AT98301428T 1997-03-22 1998-02-26 Ccd-bildaufnahmevorrichtung mit multiplizierregister ATE285122T1 (de)

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GB9705986A GB2323471B (en) 1997-03-22 1997-03-22 CCd imagers

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EP (1) EP0866501B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3862850B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE285122T1 (de)
DE (1) DE69828099T2 (de)
GB (1) GB2323471B (de)

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US6444968B1 (en) 2002-09-03
GB2323471B (en) 2002-04-17
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