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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:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul P Suni, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Loral Fairchild Corporation, Syosset, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H04N / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 24 ; 357 30 ; 377 58 ; 35821319 ;
Abstract
An improved gain compression device is disclosed, especially for use in charge-coupled devices. The device is preferably constructed on a semiconductor substrate and includes a first potential well in close proximity to a mobile charge packet generation region. A second potential well is separated from the generation region by a diffusion region. The first potential well becomes saturated and drains to a drain region while the second potential well continues to fill.