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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Ernest Green, La Mirada, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/700 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for saving space and components under detectors for staring array systems by timely combining detector inputs to a common photodiode amplifier, including establishing sequential connections from a plurality of detector inputs to a common photodiode amplifier by selecting a single path to the amplifier from each detector input at different times clamping each path to a source of potential to prevent signal transmission over the paths, and releasing said clamping of the path selected to supply the amplifier.