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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:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Scott C Munroe, Carlisle, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
377 60 ; 357 24 ;
Abstract
A charge-coupled device having a charge source and a floating gate input capable of sampling a voltage and converting it to a proportional charge packet, including precharging the floating gate with a quantity of charge proportional to the sampled voltage, and isolating the floating gate such that the proportional charge substantially remains on the floating gate, and a method for doing same.