Patent · US Active

Linear sensor array for an optical spectroscopy device and methods of use thereof

US8022349B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

34Claims

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Assignee

Thermo Niton Analyzers LLC · US

Inventors

Denis Baiko · Fairport, US
Suraj Bhaskaran · Mendon, US
Judd Jenne · Baldwinsville, US
Mark Hamilton · Superior, US
George Lungu · Colorado Springs, US
Bruce Pirger · Berkshire, US
John M. Swab · Baldwinsville, US
Steven VanGorden · Emporium, US
Herbert Ziegler · Nürnberg, DE
Michael Pilon · Framingham, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2008
Grant date	Sep 20, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10F39/154
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Time-resolved analysis of a spectrum is performed by illuminating a one-dimensional array of charge-transfer device light-sensitive pixel cells and periodically non-destructively copying charges in the light-sensitive cells to respective storage cells (“row storage registers”) co-located with the light-sensitive cells in an integrated circuit. Information about the charges stored in at least some of the storage cells is provided to a component external to the integrated circuit.

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