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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:
Sep. 18, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul P Suni, San Mateo, CA (US);
David D Wen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Loral Fairchild Corporation, Syosset, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 24 ; 357 30 ; 377 58 ;
Abstract
A gain compression method and apparatus which is especially suitable for charge coupled devices is disclosed. A mobile charge packet generation area is provided with an adjacent overflow barrier. The overflow barrier is adjacent an N+ diffusion region which provides parasitic capacitance to the overflow barrier. The diffusion region adjusts the potential of the overflow barrier as greater amounts of charge overflow the barrier.