公开(公告)号：US5493423A

公开(公告)日：1996-02-20

申请号：US330940

申请日：1994-10-28

申请人： Paul A. Hosier

发明人： Paul A. Hosier

IPC分类号： H04N1/028 ,  H04N1/40 ,  H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N1/04 ,  H04N3/12 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N3/155 ,  H04N1/40056 ,  H04N3/1575 ,  H04N3/1581

摘要： In an input scanner for recording hard-copy images by exposing areas of the image to an array of photosensors, a system ensures sensor array uniformity. With each cycle of passing a discrete image signal through an amplifier associated with each photosensor, a low standby current is applied to certain transistors within the amplifier until the next signal is to be output. Critical nodes within the amplifier are caused to settle to known charge values before each image signal is passed therethrough.

摘要翻译： 在用于通过将图像的区域曝光到光电传感器阵列来记录硬拷贝图像的输入扫描器中，系统确保传感器阵列的均匀性。 在通过与每个光电传感器相关联的放大器通过离散图像信号的每个周期时，低待机电流被施加到放大器内的某些晶体管，直到下一个信号被输出。 在每个图像信号通过之前，使放大器内的关键节点达到已知的电荷值。

公开(公告)号：US5369039A

公开(公告)日：1994-11-29

申请号：US958617

申请日：1992-10-09

申请人： Jaroslav Hynecek

发明人： Jaroslav Hynecek

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H01L21/339

CPC分类号： H04N3/1575 ,  H01L27/14831 ,  H04N3/1537

摘要： Described is a new high performance CCD image sensor technology which can be used to build a versatile image senor family with the sensors that have high resolution and high pixel density. The described sensor architectures are based on a new charge super sweep concept which was developed to overcome such common problems as blooming and the image smear. The charge super sweep takes place in very narrow vertical channels located between the photosites similar to the Interline Transfer CCD devices. The difference here is that the charge is never stored in these regions for any significant length of time and is swept out using a new resistive gate traveling wave sweeping technique. The charge super sweep approach also allows the fast charge transfer of several lines of data from the photosites located anywhere in the array into the buffer storage during a single horizontal blanking interval.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种新的高性能CCD图像传感器技术，可用于构建具有高分辨率和高像素密度的传感器的通用图像传感器系列。 所描述的传感器架构基于新的充电超扫描概念，其被开发用于克服诸如开花和图像涂片的常见问题。 电荷超扫描发生在位于类似于Interline Transfer CCD器件的光电子之间的非常窄的垂直通道中。 这里的区别在于，在任何相当长的时间内，电荷从不存储在这些区域中，并且使用新的电阻栅极行波扫描技术扫除。 电荷超扫描方法还允许在单个水平消隐间隔期间将位于阵列中任何位置的光子的几行数据快速电荷传输到缓冲存储器中。

公开(公告)号：US5304803A

公开(公告)日：1994-04-19

申请号：US034124

申请日：1993-03-18

申请人： Go Sakaino ,  Yasuaki Yoshida

发明人： Go Sakaino ,  Yasuaki Yoshida

IPC分类号： H01L27/14 ,  H01L27/144 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N3/15 ,  H01L31/0224

CPC分类号： H01L27/1465 ,  H04N3/1575

摘要： An infrared imaging array includes a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a two-dimensional array. A first charge read-out gate is associated with each photodetector and reads out electrical charges from the associated photodetector receiving first charge read-out clock pulses output from a vertical scanner. A charge storage element is connected to each column of photodetectors and includes a storage gate opposite which a potential well is formed in a substrate. The electrical charges transferred from the photodetectors in each column are stored in the potential well. A second charge read-out gate is associated with each charge storage element and transfers the electrical charges stored in the associated charge storage element to an output diode receiving second charge read-out clock pulses from a horizontal scanner. In the present invention, an insulating film underlying the charge storage gate has a thickness that decreases stepwise in the charge transfer direction so that the depth of the potential well created opposite the storage gate increases stepwise, producing an electric field in the charge transfer direction. Therefore, a small quantity of electrical charges remaining in the potential well drift in response to the electric field, increasing charge transfer speed.

摘要翻译： 红外成像阵列包括以二维阵列布置的多个光电检测器。 第一充电读出门与每个光电检测器相关联，并从相关联的光电检测器读出从垂直扫描器输出的接收第一电荷读出时钟脉冲的电荷。 电荷存储元件连接到每个光电检测器列，并且包括在衬底中形成有势阱的相对的存储栅极。 从各列中的光检测器转移的电荷存储在势阱中。 第二电荷读出门与每个电荷存储元件相关联，并将存储在相关联的电荷存储元件中的电荷传送到从水平扫描器接收第二电荷读出时钟脉冲的输出二极管。 在本发明中，电荷存储栅极下方的绝缘膜具有在电荷传输方向上逐步减小的厚度，使得与存储栅相反的势阱的深度逐步增加，从而在电荷传输方向产生电场。 因此，在电场中残留的少量电荷响应于电场漂移，增加电荷转移速度。

公开(公告)号：US5285295A

公开(公告)日：1994-02-08

申请号：US709224

申请日：1991-06-03

申请人： Tsutomu Kai ,  Takeshi Shimamoto

发明人： Tsutomu Kai ,  Takeshi Shimamoto

IPC分类号： H04N1/028 ,  H04N1/04 ,  H04N1/19 ,  H04N1/193 ,  H04N1/48

CPC分类号： H04N1/486 ,  H04N1/193 ,  H04N3/1575 ,  H04N3/1581

摘要： A shift register of a CCD line image sensor is divided into two from the center thereof so as to transfer the signal electrical charge for output portions placed on both ends of the sensor, so that the line image sensor has a higher data rate, and reduced optical smearing. Furthermore, when a color line image sensor has been made using such line image sensors, the clearance of the sensor may be made smaller, and the amount of the correction smear for positioning alignment may be reduced.

摘要翻译： CCD行图像传感器的移位寄存器从其中心被分成两个，以便传送放置在传感器两端的输出部分的信号电荷，使得线形图像传感器具有更高的数据速率，并且减少 光学拖尾。 此外，当使用这种线图像传感器制成彩色线图像传感器时，可以使传感器的间隙更小，并且可以减少用于定位取向的校正涂抹量。

公开(公告)号：US5264939A

公开(公告)日：1993-11-23

申请号：US890895

申请日：1992-05-29

申请人： Win-Chyi Chang

发明人： Win-Chyi Chang

IPC分类号： H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/343 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N3/1575 ,  H04N3/1537 ,  H04N3/155

摘要： A camera system and method of operation is disclosed which produces an NTSC type interlaced signal from a high resolution non-interlaced camera system by summing in a shift register first and second rows thereof and discarding via diodes on a charge coupled device (CCD) sensor chip third and fourth rows of every four rows of pixel information to produce odd fields of an interlaced signal. Even fields are produced by discarding the first and second rows and summing the third and fourth rows. Sync and blanking pulses may be added to complete the signal.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种相机系统和操作方法，其通过在移位寄存器的第一和第二行中相加并且通过电荷耦合器件（CCD）传感器芯片上的二极管来舍弃从高分辨率非隔行扫描相机系统产生NTSC型隔行扫描信号 每四行像素信息的第三行和第四行产生隔行扫描信号的奇数场。 偶数场是通过丢弃第一行和第二行并对第三行和第四行求和而产生的。 可以添加同步和消隐脉冲来完成信号。

公开(公告)号：US5210613A

公开(公告)日：1993-05-11

申请号：US774627

申请日：1991-10-10

申请人： Sung M. Lee

发明人： Sung M. Lee

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/3728

CPC分类号： H04N3/1537 ,  H01L27/14831 ,  H04N3/1575

摘要： A CCD image sensor includes a plurality of uniformly spaced photodiodes arranged in series in vertical and horizontal directions, a horizontal signal transferring region formed integrally in a zigzag from between adjacent sets of said plurality of horizontally arranged photodiodes, a signal flowing direction changing region formed under the last set of the plurality of horizontally arranged photodiodes and at output of the horizontal signal transferring region, a signal processing region for storing temporarily signal charges from the horizontal signal transferring region or the signal charges from the signal flowing direction changing region and then resetting the signal charges, and a sensing amplifier for sensing states of the signal charges being temporarily stored in the signal processing region and amplifying the sensed states of the signal charges by a predetermined amplification degree, whereby the CCD image sensor is capable of being driven by a small number of clock signals so that it can be applied to a system requiring a lower resolution.

摘要翻译： CCD图像传感器包括在垂直和水平方向上串联布置的多个均匀间隔的光电二极管，从所述多个水平布置的光电二极管的相邻组之间以锯齿形整体形成的水平信号传送区域，形成在下面的信号流动方向改变区域 多个水平布置的光电二极管的最后一组，并且在水平信号传送区域的输出处，用于临时地从水平信号传送区域存储信号电荷的信号处理区域或来自信号流动方向改变区域的信号电荷，然后， 信号电荷和感测放大器，用于感测临时存储在信号处理区域中的信号电荷的状态，并且将感测到的信号电荷的状态放大预定的放大度，由此CCD图像传感器能够被小的 时钟信号数量s o它可以应用于需要较低分辨率的系统。

公开(公告)号：US5199053A

公开(公告)日：1993-03-30

申请号：US911936

申请日：1992-07-10

申请人： Masahide Hirama

发明人： Masahide Hirama

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H01L27/14831 ,  H04N3/1575

摘要： In a CCD element, the influence of a parasitic capacitance existing between a floating diffusion region and a reset gate section of an output section is suppressed to increase sensitivity. In a CCD element in which a floating diffusion region (7) is connected to the final stage of a charge transfer register (1) having a CCD structure through a horizontal output gate section (5) and a reset gate section (11) is disposed between the floating diffusion region (7) and a reset drain region (10), an output gate pulse (.phi..sub.HOG) having an anti-phase of a reset pulse (.phi..sub.RG) applied to the reset gate section (11) is applied to the horizontal output gate section (5). Further, an output waveform in a signal period in a CCD linear sensor can be made flat and a signal level difference between odd-numbered and even-numbered pixels can be improved. In a CCD linear sensor comprising a photo sensing region formed of a plurality of photo sensing elements (pixels), first and second horizontal transfer registers disposed at both sides of the photo sensing region through read-out gate sections, a floating diffusion region for alternately detecting signal charges transferred thereto from the first and second horizontal transfer registers as output signals and a reset gate section, a transfer section of the final stage portion of the first and second horizontal transfer registers is separated and phases of drive pulses (.phi.H.sub.1 '), (.phi.H.sub.2 ') applied to the transfer section of the final stage portion are shifted from those of drive pulses (.phi.H.sub.1), (.phi.H.sub.2) applied to the preceding transfer section, whereby a noise component (36) is superimposed upon the output waveform of ON period (T.sub.R) of the reset gate section.

公开(公告)号：US5196939A

公开(公告)日：1993-03-23

申请号：US457988

申请日：1989-12-28

申请人： Hamman Elabd ,  Martin K. S. Shih ,  Philip C. Cheng

发明人： Hamman Elabd ,  Martin K. S. Shih ,  Philip C. Cheng

IPC分类号： H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N5/372

CPC分类号： H04N3/1575 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H04N3/1562

摘要： The present invention is a method and apparatus for transferring data from an imaging device. An image array is used to capture an image arranged in columns and rows of charges held in pixels in the image array. These charges are then transferred through a group of vertical registers to a storage register. Once in the storage register rows which have not been selected for transfer are dumped to a dump drain. Rows that have been selected for transfer continue through the vertical registers until they reach a pair of transfer registers from which the rows are output.

摘要翻译： 本发明是用于从成像装置传送数据的方法和装置。 图像阵列用于捕获以图像阵列中的像素为单位的列和行中排列的图像。 这些费用然后通过一组垂直寄存器传输到存储寄存器。 一旦进入存储寄存器，未被选择进行传输的行将被转储到转储排水口。 已经选择传输的行通过垂直寄存器继续，直到它们到达输出行的一对传输寄存器。

公开(公告)号：US5182622A

公开(公告)日：1993-01-26

申请号：US899221

申请日：1992-06-16

申请人： Tetsuya Iizuka ,  Kazuya Yonemoto ,  Kazushi Wada ,  Satoshi Nakamura ,  Koichi Harada

发明人： Tetsuya Iizuka ,  Kazuya Yonemoto ,  Kazushi Wada ,  Satoshi Nakamura ,  Koichi Harada

IPC分类号： G11C19/28 ,  G11C27/04 ,  H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/376

CPC分类号： G11C19/282 ,  G11C27/04 ,  H01L27/14831 ,  H04N3/1575

摘要： With the CCD imager of the present invention, signal charges from the image area are transferred by plural juxtaposed read-out registers. The storage region of the read-out registers, through which electrical charges are transmitted, is narrower in width at the image area side and broader in width at the other read-out register side. By virtue of such arrangement of the storage area, there is formed a potential which becomes shallow at the side of the image area and becomes deep at the side of the other read-out registers. By such potential, signal charge transfer efficiency between the read-out registers is improved.

摘要翻译： 利用本发明的CCD成像器，来自图像区域的信号电荷被多个并置的读出寄存器传送。 通过其传输电荷的读出寄存器的存储区域在图像区域侧的宽度较窄，而另一个读出寄存器侧的宽度较宽。 由于存储区域的这种布置，形成了在图像区域侧变浅的电位，并且在另一个读出寄存器的一侧变深。 通过这样的电位，提高了读出寄存器之间的信号电荷转移效率。

公开(公告)号：US5041913A

公开(公告)日：1991-08-20

申请号：US479686

申请日：1990-02-14

申请人： Tsutomu Abe

发明人： Tsutomu Abe

IPC分类号： H04N1/19 ,  H04N1/193 ,  H04N1/409

CPC分类号： H04N3/1575 ,  H04N1/1931 ,  H04N3/1568 ,  H04N3/1581

摘要： An image sensor comprises a linear image sensor including several blocks of photo sensing elements, switching elements connected to the photo sensing elements respectively, and common signal lines connected to the blocks of photo sensing elements. In a crosstalk cancelling method for the image sensor, a dimensionless value representing the width of variation of the output signal due to crosstalk is defined as a gradation reproduction rate, and the sensor output is corrected according to the gradation reproduction rate. The gradation reproduction rate is determined irrespective to the total number of photo sensing elements; that is, it is determined only by layout of the wiring conductors. Therefore, by arranging the matrix wiring conductors which are electrically equal to one another in the effect of crosstalk, the crosstalk with the matrix wiring conductors can be generally evaluated and controlled irrespective of the design, and the output from which the effect of crosstalk is eliminated can be provided by simple operation.

摘要翻译： 图像传感器包括线性图像传感器，其包括多个感光元件块，分别连接到感光元件的开关元件以及连接到感光元件块的公共信号线。 在用于图像传感器的串扰消除方法中，表示由于串扰引起的输出信号的变化幅度的无量纲值被定义为灰度再现速率，并且根据灰度再现速率校正传感器输出。 不管光感元件的总数如何，都可以确定灰度再现速度。 也就是说，仅通过布线导体的布局来确定。 因此，通过在串扰的作用下配置彼此电气的矩阵布线导体，可以一般地评估和控制与矩阵布线导体的串扰，而与设计无关，并且消除串扰的影响的输出 可以通过简单的操作来提供。