CA1105139A - Charge transfer device having linear differential charge-splitting input - Google Patents

Charge transfer device having linear differential charge-splitting input

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CA1105139A
CA1105139A CA290,564A CA290564A CA1105139A CA 1105139 A CA1105139 A CA 1105139A CA 290564 A CA290564 A CA 290564A CA 1105139 A CA1105139 A CA 1105139A
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charge
input
packets
transfer device
accordance
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CA290,564A
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French (fr)
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Ronald E. Crochiere
Carlo H. Sequin
Michael F. Tompsett
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AT&T Corp
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Western Electric Co Inc
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/76Unipolar devices, e.g. field effect transistors
    • H01L29/762Charge transfer devices
    • H01L29/765Charge-coupled devices
    • H01L29/768Charge-coupled devices with field effect produced by an insulated gate
    • H01L29/76866Surface Channel CCD
    • H01L29/76883Three-Phase CCD
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C19/00Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers
    • G11C19/28Digital stores in which the information is moved stepwise, e.g. shift registers using semiconductor elements
    • G11C19/282Digital 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]
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/76Unipolar devices, e.g. field effect transistors
    • H01L29/762Charge transfer devices
    • H01L29/765Charge-coupled devices
    • H01L29/768Charge-coupled devices with field effect produced by an insulated gate
    • H01L29/76808Input structures

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CA290,564A 1976-12-08 1977-11-09 Charge transfer device having linear differential charge-splitting input Expired CA1105139A (en)

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US74848576A 1976-12-08 1976-12-08
US748,485 1985-06-25

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CA1105139A true CA1105139A (en) 1981-07-14

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JP (1) JPS5371578A (ja)
BE (1) BE861538A (ja)
CA (1) CA1105139A (ja)
DE (1) DE2753677A1 (ja)
ES (1) ES464864A1 (ja)
FR (1) FR2373856A1 (ja)
GB (1) GB1592480A (ja)
NL (1) NL7713544A (ja)

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JPS5529191A (en) * 1978-08-24 1980-03-01 Nec Corp Charge coupld element

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IE35684B1 (en) * 1970-10-22 1976-04-28 Western Electric Co Improvements in or relating to charge transfer devices
AU461729B2 (en) * 1971-01-14 1975-06-05 Rca Corporation Charge coupled circuits
JPS5214944B1 (ja) * 1971-06-04 1977-04-25
US3819953A (en) * 1972-11-22 1974-06-25 Gen Electric Differential bucket-brigade circuit
US3877056A (en) * 1973-01-02 1975-04-08 Texas Instruments Inc Charge transfer device signal processing system
US3876952A (en) * 1973-05-02 1975-04-08 Rca Corp Signal processing circuits for charge-transfer, image-sensing arrays
US3937985A (en) * 1974-06-05 1976-02-10 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Apparatus and method for regenerating charge
US3986059A (en) * 1975-04-18 1976-10-12 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Electrically pulsed charge regenerator for semiconductor charge coupled devices
US3969634A (en) * 1975-07-31 1976-07-13 Hughes Aircraft Company Bucket background subtraction circuit for charge-coupled devices
US4075514A (en) * 1976-12-06 1978-02-21 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Sensing circuit for semiconductor charge transfer devices

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FR2373856A1 (fr) 1978-07-07
GB1592480A (en) 1981-07-08
DE2753677A1 (de) 1978-06-15
BE861538A (fr) 1978-03-31
ES464864A1 (es) 1978-09-01
NL7713544A (nl) 1978-06-12
JPS5371578A (en) 1978-06-26
FR2373856B1 (ja) 1983-02-04

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