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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993

Filed:

Jun. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Savvas G Chamberlain, Waterloo, CA;

William D Washkurak, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

Dalsa, Inc., Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257230 ; 257223 ; 257234 ; 257236 ; 377 60 ; 377 62 ; 35821331 ;
Abstract

A wide dynamic range photodetector comprising a photosensitive region for generating signal electrons in response to being illuminated, a collection region for storing the signal electrons generated within the photosensitive region, a shift register for receiving and outputing the signal electrons from the collection region, and a transfer gate intermediate the photosensitive region and the collection region for alternately facilitating transfer of the signal electrons from the photosensitive region for storage in the collection region, and isolating the photosensitive region from the collection region while the signal electrons are being output via the shift register.


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