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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred S Ma, Scarborough, CA;
Stacy R Kamasz, Waterloo, CA;
Michael G Farrier, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Mark P Bendett, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Carl Leonard, Dexter, MI (US);
Assignees:
Dalsa, Inc., Ontario, CA;
IMRA America, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257229 ; 257230 ; 257231 ; 257232 ; 257233 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to providing a charge-coupled device which can provide accurate signal detection while providing high speed electronic exposure control or shuttering. Exemplary embodiments can maintain charge transfer efficiency at a relatively high level even if a pixel array of the charge-coupled device is clocked rapidly (i.e., exposure control or shuttering speed is increased) for a given pixel pitch.