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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson Composants Militaires et Spatiaux, Courbevoie, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348316 ;
Abstract
In a CCD type photosensitive device, the charges produced in two consecutive columns of pixels are transferred into different reading registers: the charges from the first column are loaded into the first register and the charges from the second column travel through the first register to be loaded into the second register. The two reading registers are controlled by independent potentials during the step for the loading of these registers. The device makes it possible to increase the efficiency of the transfer between the two reading registers, especially when the registers are of the type working in a two-phase mode.