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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary J Hewitt, Playa del Rey, CA (US);
Arthur L Morse, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
377 58 ; 377 60 ; 357 24 ; 357 30 ;
Abstract
Noise reduction and dynamic range expansion in a CCD imager is achieved by combining a narrow FAT zero metering gate with a reference column subtraction and CCD charge bailing.