FR2312147B1 - - Google Patents

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FR2312147B1
FR2312147B1 FR7615278A FR7615278A FR2312147B1 FR 2312147 B1 FR2312147 B1 FR 2312147B1 FR 7615278 A FR7615278 A FR 7615278A FR 7615278 A FR7615278 A FR 7615278A FR 2312147 B1 FR2312147 B1 FR 2312147B1
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France
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FR7615278A
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FR2312147A1 (fr
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RCA Corp
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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
    • H10F39/158—Charge-coupled device [CCD] image sensors having arrangements for blooming suppression
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N25/63—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to dark current
    • 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
    • H04N25/67—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to fixed-pattern noise, e.g. non-uniformity of response
    • 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
    • H04N25/68—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to defects
    • 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
    • H04N25/745—Circuitry for generating timing or clock signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D44/00—Charge transfer devices
    • H10D44/40—Charge-coupled devices [CCD]
    • H10D44/45—Charge-coupled devices [CCD] having field effect produced by insulated gate electrodes 
    • H10D44/472—Surface-channel CCD
    • H10D44/476—Three-phase CCD

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
FR7615278A 1975-05-21 1976-05-20 Procede de mise en oeuvre d'un capteur d'images a couplage de charge Granted FR2312147A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/579,690 US3953733A (en) 1975-05-21 1975-05-21 Method of operating imagers

Publications (2)

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FR2312147A1 FR2312147A1 (fr) 1976-12-17
FR2312147B1 true FR2312147B1 (en:Method) 1982-05-28

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FR7615278A Granted FR2312147A1 (fr) 1975-05-21 1976-05-20 Procede de mise en oeuvre d'un capteur d'images a couplage de charge

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US (1) US3953733A (en:Method)
JP (1) JPS51142908A (en:Method)
CA (1) CA1103346A (en:Method)
DE (1) DE2622828C3 (en:Method)
FR (1) FR2312147A1 (en:Method)
GB (1) GB1531920A (en:Method)
IT (1) IT1060656B (en:Method)
NL (1) NL188261C (en:Method)

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Publication number Publication date
FR2312147A1 (fr) 1976-12-17
DE2622828C3 (de) 1978-07-13
CA1103346A (en) 1981-06-16
IT1060656B (it) 1982-08-20
JPS51142908A (en) 1976-12-08
NL188261B (nl) 1991-12-02
NL7605367A (nl) 1976-11-23
DE2622828A1 (de) 1976-12-02
NL188261C (nl) 1992-05-06
US3953733A (en) 1976-04-27
DE2622828B2 (de) 1977-12-01
GB1531920A (en) 1978-11-15

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