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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. 19, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter D Dreiske, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502141 ; 257466 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving photoconductor signal output is provided in which a photon collection aperture receives photons. Charge carriers are generated in response to the photons in a charge generation region. These charge carriers are conducted through a confinement region coupled to the charge generation region. The cross-sectional area of the confinement region is less than that of the charge generation region.