CA1065055A - Charge coupled device systems - Google Patents

Charge coupled device systems

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CA1065055A
CA1065055A CA244,007A CA244007A CA1065055A CA 1065055 A CA1065055 A CA 1065055A CA 244007 A CA244007 A CA 244007A CA 1065055 A CA1065055 A CA 1065055A
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Peter A. Levine
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RCA 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
    • H10F39/152—One-dimensional array CCD image sensors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C19/00—Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers
    • G11C19/28—Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers using semiconductor elements
    • G11C19/282—Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers using semiconductor elements with charge storage in a depletion layer, i.e. charge coupled devices [CCD]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C19/00—Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers
    • G11C19/28—Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers using semiconductor elements
    • G11C19/287—Organisation of a multiplicity of shift registers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C19/00—Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers
    • G11C19/34—Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency
    • G11C19/36—Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency using multistable semiconductor elements
    • 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
    • H04N25/701—Line sensors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D84/00—Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers
    • H10D84/891—Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers characterised by the integration of only components covered by H10D44/00, e.g. integration of charge-coupled devices [CCD] or charge injection devices [CID
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/12—Analogue/digital converters
    • H03M1/34—Analogue value compared with reference values

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Analogue/Digital Conversion (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
CA244,007A 1975-02-05 1976-01-21 Charge coupled device systems Expired CA1065055A (en)

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US05/547,129 US3958210A (en) 1975-02-05 1975-02-05 Charge coupled device systems

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JP (1) JPS5442578B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
CA (1) CA1065055A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
DE (1) DE2604449C3 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
FR (1) FR2300463A1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
GB (1) GB1529927A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
NL (1) NL7601129A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)

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DE2604449C3 (de) 1980-09-18
US3958210A (en) 1976-05-18
GB1529927A (en) 1978-10-25
DE2604449A1 (de) 1976-08-19
JPS51103752A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1976-09-13
NL7601129A (nl) 1976-08-09
JPS5442578B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1979-12-14
FR2300463A1 (fr) 1976-09-03
AU1027076A (en) 1977-07-21
DE2604449B2 (de) 1980-01-24

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