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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:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Morley M Blouke, Portland, OR (US);
Geoffrey B Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Assignees:
Scientific Imaging Technologies, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Pinecone Imaging Corporation, West Linn, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257226 ; 257231 ; 257233 ; 257249 ; 257438 ; 257444 ; 257448 ; 257459 ;
Abstract
The disclosed device and system enables the cell-based amplification of photo-e The disclop41 The detection device is realized by overlaying an amplifying semi-conductor structure, generally referred to as avalanche photo-diodes, on top of a typical prior-art charge coupled device structure. The disclosed arrangement is a hybrid of these two technologies with certain provisions which allow the two prior art technologies to function properly as a single integrated unit.