Thomson-csf

Thompson-csf

Roger Benoit-Gonin

Jean L Berger

Jean-Luc Berger

Jean L Coutures

Jean-Edgar Picquendar

Jean-Louis Coutures

Sylvain Fontanes

Daniel Forster

In a device for current-reading of a quantity of electric charges, the control circuit for the first and second MOS transistors receives a constant potential and comprises:

Device for current-reading of a quantity of electric charges and a

The switched-capacitance amplifier comprises n capacitors C.sub.11 to C.sub.1n which are periodically switched in parallel and in series, the n parallel-switched capacitors being charged simultaneously by the same voltage V.sub.E. An amplified voltage n.times.V.sub.E is obtained between the end terminals A and B of the n series-switched capacitors. Periodic switching of the n capacitors in parallel and in series is performed by means of MOS transistors T.sub.11 to T.sub.1(2n-1) and T.sub.21 to T.sub.2(n-1) which operate in the switching mode. The n capacitors and the MOS transistors are integrated on the same semiconductor substrate.

Switched-capacitance amplifier, a switched-capacitance filter and a

This analog-ditigal coder determines the coefficients a.sub.o . . . a.sub.n in two stages:

Analog-digital coder comprising a charge transfer coded voltage

An analog device for reading a quantity of electric charge, for example, in a transversal charge transfer filter. The device includes a capacitor and two MOS transistors which are connected in series to the point in the filter where the charge is to be read. The capacitor is connected to the common point of the two transistors which are controlled in phase opposition to insure charging of the capacitor. The capacitor maintains a potential at the charge reading point constant. Any variation in the quantity of charge under an electrode is converted into a variation of potential at the common point and this forms the read signal which is detected by means of a third MOS transistor.

Device for reading a quantity of electric charge

A device for reading a quantity of electric charges arriving at a point B. Two MOS transistors Q2 and Q3 are connected in series and with one terminal to point B. A capacitor C.sub.A is connected to a common point A of the two transistors. A transistor control circuit charges the capacitor C.sub.A from a low potential V.sub.DD. The capacitor C.sub.A and the transistors Q2 and Q3 maintain a constant potential at the point B at the time of charge inflow. This results is a variation of potential at the common point A in accordance with the incoming charges at B. Thus, the variations of potential at point A is a measure of the charges arriving at point B.

Device for reading a quantity of electric charges and charge-filter

Successive two-trip traversals of charges between gates G.sub.0 and G.sub.2 make it possible to obtain beneath gates G.sub.1 and G.sub.2 quantities of charges equal to Q.sub.R, Q.sub.R /2, Q.sub.R /2.sup.2 . . . Q.sub.R /2.sup.i. A readout device for reading charges and connected to gates G.sub.2 and G.sub.4 generates voltages V.sub.R and V.sub.Ri =a.sub.0 .multidot.V.sub.R +a.sub.1 .multidot.V.sub.R /2+ . . . +a.sub.i-1 .multidot.V.sub.R /2.sup.i-1 +V.sub.R /2.sup.i which are compared with a voltage sample V.sub.x to be coded in order to determine by successive approximations the coefficients a.sub.0 . . . a.sub.n which are equal to 0 or to 1 such that V.sub.x =a.sub.0 .multidot.V.sub.R +a.sub.1 .multidot.V.sub.R /2+ . . . +a.sub.n .multidot.V.sub.R /2.sup.n. Depending on the value of a.sub.i, each quantity of charges Q.sub.R /2.sup.i stored beneath gate G.sub.1 is removed beneath diode D.sub.e or stored beneath gate G.sub.3 and then transferred beneath gate G.sub.4.

Charge-transfer coded-voltage generator for use in analog-digital coders

An input stage for a transversal charge transfer filter, which suppresses parasitic image frequencies. It comprises two parallel channels to which the input signal is applied simultaneously. Sampling of the signal is performed in each channel with a periodicity Te, and a relative phase-shift of Te/2. The two samples are then added in order to eliminate components having periodicities in the neighborhood of Te.

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