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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Barry E. Burke, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert K. Reich, Tyngsborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Barry E. Burke, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert K. Reich, Tyngsborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The CCD image sensor addresses the problem of noise, due to background charge generated by Compton scattering of gamma rays. In applications, in which an imager must operate in a high-radiation environment, such background noise reduces the video signal/noise. This imager reduces the amount of charge collected from Compton events, while giving up very little sensitivity to photons in the visible/near IR.