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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Antonio S. Ciccarelli, Webster, NY (US);
Eric J. Meisenzahl, Ontario, NY (US);
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/00 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H04N 5/343 (2011.01); H04N 5/372 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 13/00 (2013.01); H01L 27/14831 (2013.01); H04N 5/343 (2013.01); H04N 5/37213 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49007 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49128 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49155 (2015.01);
Abstract
A charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor includes multiple vertical charge-coupled device (VCCD) shift registers and independently-controllable gate electrodes disposed over the VCCD shift registers and arranged into physically separate and distinct sections that are non-continuous across the plurality of VCCD shift registers. The CCD image sensor can be configured to operate in two or more operating modes, including a full resolution charge multiplication mode.