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High dynamic range charge-coupled device

US4873561A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 19, 1988
Grant dateOct 10, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 19, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/153

Abstract

A high dynamic range charge collection circuit is described which includes additional electrodes between the photogate and the transfer gate electrode to create charge transfer wells of different depths. The charge-coupled device has a nonlinear relationship between the charge transferred out of the sensing region and the charge generated in the photosite.

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