DE69918899T2 - Spalteverstärkerarchitektur in einem aktiven Pixelsensor - Google Patents

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DE69918899T2
DE69918899T2 DE69918899T DE69918899T DE69918899T2 DE 69918899 T2 DE69918899 T2 DE 69918899T2 DE 69918899 T DE69918899 T DE 69918899T DE 69918899 T DE69918899 T DE 69918899T DE 69918899 T2 DE69918899 T2 DE 69918899T2
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    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04N25/00Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
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    • H04N25/00Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
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    • H04N25/00Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/71Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04N25/00Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
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