Electrical pulse counters – pulse dividers – or shift registers: c – Counting or dividing in incremental steps – Beam type tube
Patent
1989-03-17
1990-10-30
Munson, Gene M.
Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: c
Counting or dividing in incremental steps
Beam type tube
357 30, 377 58, 35821319, H01L 2978, H01L 2714, H04N 314, G11C 1928
Patent
active
049672495
ABSTRACT:
An improved gain compression device is disclosed, especially for use in charge-coupled devices. The device is preferably constructed on a semiconductor substrate and includes a first potential well in close proximity to a mobile charge packet generation region. A second potential well is separated from the generation region by a diffusion region. The first potential well becomes saturated and drains to a drain region while the second potential well continues to fill.
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Loral Fairchild Corporation
Munson Gene M.
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