公开(公告)号：US4240116A

公开(公告)日：1980-12-16

申请号：US068631

申请日：1979-08-22

申请人： Harold W. Tomlinson, Jr.

发明人： Harold W. Tomlinson, Jr.

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/376 ,  H01J39/12 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N3/1518 ,  H01L27/14862

摘要： An array of charge storage devices each including a pair of closely coupled conductor-insulator-semiconductor cells, one a row line connected cell and the other a column line connected cell, is provided on a common semiconductor substrate. Readout of the charges stored in each row of devices of one set of alternate rows is accomplished by transferring the charge in each of the devices of each of the rows in one direction between the row line connected cell and the column line connected cell of a device in sequence and sensing the resultant current flow in each of the row lines of the set. Readout of the charges in each row of devices of the other set of alternate rows is accomplished by transferring the charge in each of the devices of each of the rows in the other direction between the row line connected cell and the column line connected cell of a device in sequence and sensing the resultant current flow in each of the row lines of the set.

摘要翻译： 在公共半导体衬底上设置有一组电荷存储装置，每个电荷存储装置包括一对紧密耦合的导体 - 绝缘体半导体单元，一个行线连接单元，另一个是列线连接单元。 存储在一组交替行的每行设备中的电荷的读出是通过在行行连接的单元和设备的列线连接的单元之间的一个方向上传送每行的每个设备中的电荷来实现的 顺序地并且感测在该组的每条行线中的合成电流。 在另一组交替行的每一行设备中读出电荷是通过在行行连接单元与列线连接的单元之间的另一方向上的每行的每个设备中的电荷 并且感测集合中的每行行中的合成电流。

公开(公告)号：US5491486A

公开(公告)日：1996-02-13

申请号：US233091

申请日：1994-04-25

申请人： Kenneth B. Welles, II ,  Jerome J. Tiemann ,  Harold W. Tomlinson, Jr.

发明人： Kenneth B. Welles, II ,  Jerome J. Tiemann ,  Harold W. Tomlinson, Jr.

IPC分类号： G08G1/127 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01S5/00 ,  G01S19/42 ,  G08G1/0969 ,  G08G1/133 ,  G01S3/02

CPC分类号： G01S5/0009 ,  G01S1/04

摘要： A mobile tracking unit capable of operating in a power-starved environment for a vehicle tracking system includes a navigation set for generating data corresponding to a respective vehicle position. The navigation set is periodically energized at a selected activation rate F.sub.G while the vehicle is moving to generate the vehicle position data. The tracking unit includes an electromagnetic emitter which is capable of transmitting the vehicle position data and which is periodically energized at a selected activation rate F.sub.EM while the vehicle is moving to transmit at least the vehicle position data. A motion sensor is employed for generating data indicative of vehicle motion. A tracking unit controller receives the vehicle motion data and controls the navigation set and the emitter based upon the vehicle motion data so that when the vehicle is stationary each of activation rates F.sub.G and F.sub.EM can be respectively decreased by a predetermined factor, thus reducing the overall power consumption of the tracking unit. The tracking unit controller is further designed to return to activation rates F.sub.G and F.sub.EM upon the motion sensor sensing renewed vehicle motion, thus avoiding loss of vehicle position data during times of renewed vehicle motion.

摘要翻译： 能够在用于车辆跟踪系统的动力不足环境中操作的移动跟踪单元包括用于产生对应于相应车辆位置的数据的导航组。 当车辆正在移动以产生车辆位置数据时，导航组以所选择的激活率FG周期性地通电。 跟踪单元包括电磁发射器，该电磁发射器能够传输车辆位置数据，并且在车辆正在移动至少传输车辆位置数据的同时以所选择的激活速率FEM周期性地通电。 运动传感器用于产生指示车辆运动的数据。 跟踪单元控制器接收车辆运动数据并且基于车辆运动数据来控制导航组和发射器，使得当车辆静止时，每个激活率FG和FEM可以分别降低预定因子，从而减少总体 跟踪单元的功耗。 跟踪单元控制器被进一步设计成在运动传感器感测更新的车辆运动时返回到激活率FG和FEM，从而避免在更新车辆运动时的车辆位置数据的损失。

公开(公告)号：US5343297A

公开(公告)日：1994-08-30

申请号：US946116

申请日：1992-09-17

申请人： Jerome J. Tiemann ,  Gerald J. Michon ,  Harold W. Tomlinson, Jr.

发明人： Jerome J. Tiemann ,  Gerald J. Michon ,  Harold W. Tomlinson, Jr.

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/3653 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： In an array of charge injection device (CID) detectors, integer amplification is incorporated into each respective detector of the array. The amplifier for each CID detector in the array performs multiple nondestructive readouts. This provides a gain of N amplification of the signal charge in that detector wherein the signal charge is accurately replicated in a separate charge storage well defined by a magnitude capacitor coupled to the detector. Thus, at the end of the readout process, this separate well contains charge equal to N times the signal charge, N being the number of nondestructive readout cycles in the readout process.

摘要翻译： 在电荷注入装置（CID）检测器的阵列中，整数放大被并入阵列的各个检测器。 阵列中每个CID检测器的放大器执行多个非破坏性读数。 这提供了该检测器中的信号电荷的N放大的增益，其中信号电荷被精确地复制在由耦合到检测器的幅度电容器限定的单独的电荷存储阱中。 因此，在读出过程结束时，该单独的阱包含等于信号电荷的N倍的电荷，N是读出过程中非破坏性读出周期的数量。