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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:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Bryan D. Ackland, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Conor S. Rafferty, Newton, MA (US);
Paul W. Latham, Ii, Lee, NH (US);
Inventors:
Bryan D. Ackland, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Conor S. Rafferty, Newton, MA (US);
Paul W. Latham, II, Lee, NH (US);
Assignee:
Infrared Newco, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/062 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
MOS imaging pixels are described. The MOS imaging pixels may comprise bootstrapped source followers, having their bodies connected to their sources. The source followers of the MOS imaging pixels may be used to buffer a signal indicative of an amount of radiation incident on the pixel. MOS imagers are also described, which may comprise one or more MOS imaging pixels of the type described.