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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Peter James Pool, Maldon, GB;
Raymond Thomas Bell, Middlesex, GB;
Inventors:
Peter James Pool, Maldon, GB;
Raymond Thomas Bell, Middlesex, GB;
Assignee:
E2V Technologies (UK) Limited, Chelmsford, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid state imager arrangement includes an image area, an output register which receives signal charge from the image area, a separate multiplication register into which signal charge from the output register is transferred, means for obtaining signal charge multiplication by transferring the charge through a sufficiently high field in elements of the multiplication register, and an additional register into which excess signal charge is transferred.