AU3907600A - Method and apparatus to extend dynamic range of time delay and integrate charge coupled devices - Google Patents

Method and apparatus to extend dynamic range of time delay and integrate charge coupled devices

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Publication number
AU3907600A
AU3907600A AU39076/00A AU3907600A AU3907600A AU 3907600 A AU3907600 A AU 3907600A AU 39076/00 A AU39076/00 A AU 39076/00A AU 3907600 A AU3907600 A AU 3907600A AU 3907600 A AU3907600 A AU 3907600A
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Prior art keywords
time delay
dynamic range
charge coupled
coupled devices
integrate charge
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Abandoned
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AU39076/00A
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Inventor
Gary William Hughes
Peter Alan Levine
Nathaniel Joseph Mccaffrey
Vipulkumar Kantilal Patel
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Sarnoff Corp
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Sarnoff Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F39/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group H10F30/00, e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
    • H10F39/10—Integrated devices
    • H10F39/12—Image sensors
    • H10F39/15—Charge-coupled device [CCD] image sensors
    • H10F39/153—Two-dimensional or three-dimensional array CCD image sensors
    • H10F39/1538—Time-delay and integration
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/57—Control of the dynamic range
    • H04N25/571—Control of the dynamic range involving a non-linear response
    • H04N25/575—Control of the dynamic range involving a non-linear response with a response composed of multiple slopes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N25/62—Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels
    • H04N25/621—Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels for the control of blooming
    • H04N25/622—Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels for the control of blooming by controlling anti-blooming drains
    • 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
    • H04N25/711—Time delay and integration [TDI] registers; TDI shift registers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F39/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group H10F30/00, e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
    • H10F39/10—Integrated devices
    • H10F39/12—Image sensors
    • H10F39/15—Charge-coupled device [CCD] image sensors
    • H10F39/158—Charge-coupled device [CCD] image sensors having arrangements for blooming suppression

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  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Facsimile Heads (AREA)
AU39076/00A 1999-03-22 2000-03-21 Method and apparatus to extend dynamic range of time delay and integrate charge coupled devices Abandoned AU3907600A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

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US12567099P 1999-03-22 1999-03-22
US60125670 1999-03-22
US09/528,818 US6472653B1 (en) 1999-03-22 2000-03-20 Method and apparatus to extend dynamic range of time delay and integrate charge coupled devices
US09528818 2000-03-20
PCT/US2000/007523 WO2000057633A1 (en) 1999-03-22 2000-03-21 Method and apparatus to extend dynamic range of time delay and integrate charge coupled devices

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EP (1) EP1171994B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP4393715B2 (enExample)
AU (1) AU3907600A (enExample)
DE (1) DE60023482D1 (enExample)
WO (1) WO2000057633A1 (enExample)

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DE60023482D1 (de) 2005-12-01
US6472653B1 (en) 2002-10-29
JP4393715B2 (ja) 2010-01-06
WO2000057633A1 (en) 2000-09-28
EP1171994A4 (en) 2002-06-05
EP1171994B1 (en) 2005-10-26
EP1171994A1 (en) 2002-01-16

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