Electrostatically actuated drop ejector
    51.
    发明授权
    Electrostatically actuated drop ejector 失效
    静电驱动滴液喷射器

    公开(公告)号:US06874867B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-05

    申请号:US10325205

    申请日:2002-12-18

    CPC分类号: B41J2/14314

    摘要: A drop emission device includes a chamber having a nozzle orifice through which a drop of liquid can be emitted. A deformable electrode is associated with the chamber such that movement of the electrode in a first direction increases the chamber's volume and movement of the electrode in a second direction decreases the chamber's volume to emit a drop through the nozzle orifice. A fixed electrode opposes to the deformable electrode to define a second chamber there between such that control of relative voltage differences between the deformable and the fixed electrodes selectively moves the deformable electrode in the first or second directions. The variable volume is vented to a source of dielectric material through an opening in the fixed electrode. The ratio of the cross-sectional area of the opening to the perimeter of the opening is greater than 0.5 μm, and is preferably about 5 μm.

    摘要翻译: 液滴发射装置包括具有喷嘴孔的腔室,通过该喷嘴孔可以发射一滴液体。 可变形电极与室相关联,使得电极沿第一方向的运动增加了室的体积,并且电极在第二方向上的移动减小了室的体积,以通过喷嘴孔发出液滴。 固定电极与可变形电极相对以在其间限定第二室,使得可变形和固定电极之间的相对电压差的控制选择性地使可变形电极沿第一或第二方向移动。 可变容积通过固定电极中的开口排出到电介质材料源。 开口的横截面积与开口周长的比例大于0.5μm,优选为约5μm。

    Interline sensor employing photocapacitor gate
    53.
    发明授权
    Interline sensor employing photocapacitor gate 失效
    线间传感器采用光电容栅极

    公开(公告)号:US5814810A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-29

    申请号:US933304

    申请日:1997-09-18

    摘要: An interline sensor is constructed using photocapacitors. The vertical shift register of the interline sensor is operated in a uniphase mode, i.e., holding one of the two phase (.phi.2) at a D.C. potential while fluctuating the other phase (.phi.1) between a voltage that is sufficiently above and below that D.C. potential to facilitate transfer of charge from one phase to the next. The uniphase mode is facilitated by a single electrode, an indium tin oxide electrode, that covers both the phase that is held at a constant D.C. potential and the photodetector having photocapacitor charges. The charges are transferred from the photocapacitors to the vertical shift register by a third level clock into (.phi.1) adjacent the photodetectors utilizing the same ITO electrode for phase 2 of both the vertical and horizontal CCD shift registers is also proposed. Furthermore, to avoid having to separate the ITO electrode into the photocapacitor gate and the phase 2 gate, it is proposed that no cut is made within the electrode and that the vertical register be operated in the uniphase mode. That is the ITO electrode is biased to voltage of about -5 volts. It is important that the photocapacitor accumulation potential be about -4 volts so that its surface remains accumulated at all times and thus the dark current remains low. The horizontal register can be operated in the standard two phase mode so that the electrical noise in the video signal is maintained at a low level.

    摘要翻译: 使用光电容器构建行间传感器。 行间传感器的垂直移位寄存器以单相模式工作,即将两相(phi 2)中的一个保持在DC电位,同时使另一相(phi 1)波动在足够高于和低于 直流电势有助于将电荷从一个相转移到下一个阶段。 单相模式由覆盖保持在恒定直流电位的相位和具有光电荷电荷的光电检测器的单个电极,氧化铟锡电极促进。 还提出了电荷通过第三级时钟从垂直移位寄存器转移到与光电探测器相邻的(phi 1)中,利用用于垂直和水平CCD移位寄存器的相位2的相同的ITO电极。 此外,为了避免必须将ITO电极分离成光电容栅极和相位2栅极,建议在电极内不进行切割,并且垂直寄存器以单相模式操作。 那就是将ITO电极偏压到大约-5伏的电压。 重要的是,光电荷堆积电位为约-4伏,使得其表面始终保持累积,因此暗电流保持低电平。 水平寄存器可以在标准的两相模式下工作,使得视频信号中的电噪声保持在低电平。

    Full frame CCD image sensor with altered accumulation potential
    54.
    发明授权
    Full frame CCD image sensor with altered accumulation potential 失效
    具有改变积累潜力的全帧CCD图像传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5563404A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-08

    申请号:US408859

    申请日:1995-03-22

    CPC分类号: H01L29/1062 H01L27/14831

    摘要: In accordance with the invention, a full frame solid-state image sensor with altered accumulation potential comprises a substrate that includes a semiconductor of one conductivity type and has a surface at which is situated a photodetector that comprises a first storage area and a second storage area. The first and second storage areas each comprise a CCD channel of conductivity type opposite to the conductivity type of the semiconductor, and the channel comprises an uppermost region of opposite conductivity type to the remainder of the CCD channel. A first barrier region separates the first storage area from the second storage area, and a second barrier region separates the second storage area from an adjacent photodetector; the second barrier region is shallower than the first barrier region. Adjacent to one side of the photodetector is a channel stop of the same conductivity type as the semiconductor. A first and a second gate each comprising a conductive layer overlie the CCD channel, and a dielectric is interposed between the conductive layer and the CCD channel. In the method of the invention, the uppermost region of the CCD channel is doped with a dopant of conductivity opposite to the conductivity of the CCD channel, thereby lowering the accumulation potential.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明,具有改变的累积电位的全帧固态图像传感器包括:衬底,其包括一种导电类型的半导体,并且其表面位于包括第一存储区域和第二存储区域的光电检测器 。 第一和第二存储区域各自包括与半导体的导电类型相反的导电类型的CCD通道,并且通道包括与CCD通道的其余部分相反导电类型的最上部区域。 第一屏障区域将第一存储区域与第二存储区域分开,并且第二屏障区域将第二存储区域与相邻的光电检测器分离; 所述第二阻挡区域比所述第一阻挡区域浅。 与光电检测器的一侧相邻的是具有与半导体相同导电类型的通道阻挡。 每个包括覆盖在CCD通道上的导电层的第一和第二栅极,并且电介质介于导电层和CCD通道之间。 在本发明的方法中,CCD通道的最上部区域掺杂有与CCD通道的电导率相反的导电性的掺杂剂,从而降低了累积电位。

    High resolution image source
    55.
    发明授权
    High resolution image source 失效
    高分辨率图像源

    公开(公告)号:US5500572A

    公开(公告)日:1996-03-19

    申请号:US29725

    申请日:1993-03-11

    CPC分类号: H04N1/036 H01L27/148

    摘要: Image source, for converting image data in the form of serial charges into a high-resolution imagewise light pattern, includes a CCD emitter having a semiconductor charge-coupled device (CCD) structure for receiving and transferring the charges, a charge amplification means including a charge-modulated control field effect transistor structure (C-FET), and plural small-scale field emission cells (FEC). The CCD emitter is operable to convert the charges to an imagewise pattern of electron emissions that are directed to a luminescent phosphor layer susceptible to light output according to the impact of the incident electrons. The light output may be directed onto a photosensitive image recording medium to provide means for image recording, or in alternative embodiments, the light output may be viewed directly.

    摘要翻译: 用于将串行电荷形式的图像数据转换为高分辨率成像光图案的图像源包括具有用于接收和传送电荷的半导体电荷耦合器件(CCD)结构的CCD发射器,电荷放大装置,包括: 电荷调制控制场效应晶体管结构(C-FET)和多个小尺度场发射单元(FEC)。 CCD发射器可操作以根据入射电子的影响将电荷转换成电子发射的成像图案,其被引导到容易受光输出影响的发光荧光体层。 光输出可以被引导到光敏图像记录介质上以提供用于图像记录的装置,或者在替代实施例中,可以直接观察光输出。

    Method of making a solid state image sensor
    56.
    发明授权
    Method of making a solid state image sensor 失效
    制作固态图像传感器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5210049A

    公开(公告)日:1993-05-11

    申请号:US874880

    申请日:1992-04-28

    IPC分类号: H01L27/148

    CPC分类号: H01L27/14868 H01L27/14831

    摘要: The present invention is directed to a method of making an image sensor having a CCD shift register and at least one photocapacitor wherein features of the shift register and photocapacitor are commonly made and the photocapacitor has a thin plate of conductive polycrystalline silicon. The method includes the steps of embedding into a body of a semiconductor material of one conductivity type dopants of the opposite conductivity type to simultaneously form a channel region of the shift register and a channel region of a photocapacitor. A layer of a dielectric material is formed on the body and over the channel regions. A layer of conductive polycrystalline silicon is formed on the dielectric layer and is defined to form a top plate of the photocapacitor over the photocapacitor channel region and at least some gate electrodes of the shift register over the shift register channel region. The top plate of the photocapacitor is then thinned, such as by etching, to a thickness which allows reduced absorption and interference losses of the incident illumination and, thus, improves the light reaching the photocapacitor channel region beneath the top plate and the portion of the body beneath the photocapacitor channel region.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种制造具有CCD移位寄存器和至少一个光电容器的图像传感器的方法,其中通常制造移位寄存器和光电容器的特征,并且光电容器具有导电多晶硅的薄板。 该方法包括以下步骤:将一种具有相反导电类型的导电型掺杂剂的半导体材料嵌入到主体中,以同时形成移位寄存器的沟道区域和光电容器的沟道区域。 介电材料层形成在主体上和沟槽区域上。 导电多晶硅层形成在电介质层上,并被定义为在光电子电极沟道区域上形成光电容器的顶板,并且在移位寄存器沟道区域上形成移位寄存器的至少一些栅电极。 然后将光电容器的顶板例如通过蚀刻变薄到允许入射照射的吸收和干扰损失减小的厚度,从而改善到达顶板下方的光电管通道区域的光和部分 身体在光电容通道区域下方。

    Multiple photodiode array for light metering
    57.
    发明授权
    Multiple photodiode array for light metering 失效
    用于光度计的多个光电子阵列

    公开(公告)号:US5146258A

    公开(公告)日:1992-09-08

    申请号:US632704

    申请日:1990-12-24

    CPC分类号: G03B7/09979

    摘要: In the present invention there is provided a plurality of photosensitive elements arranged in a symmetrical pattern around a central circular area. The area surrounding the central area is formed of a square area having the circular area at its center with the square area divided into four equal quadrants. The next area is rectangular in shape and surrounds the second area. The rectangular area is formed in four equal sections with each of the corners of the square area lying along two adjacent edges of the rectangular areas. A selection means is provided for selecting the output signal from any one the photodiodes or for selecting the output signals from any combination of two or more of the photodiodes so as to accentuate the responsiveness of the light meter to a selected area or feature of the image to be photographed.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明中,提供了围绕中央圆形区域以对称图案布置的多个感光元件。 中心区域周围的区域由正方形区域形成,圆形区域在其中心,方形区域划分为四个相等的象限。 下一个区域是矩形的,并且围绕第二区域。 矩形区域形成为四个相等的部分,其中正方形区域的每个角落沿矩形区域的两个相邻边缘。 提供了选择装置,用于从任何一个光电二极管选择输出信号,或用于从两个或更多个光电二极管的任何组合中选择输出信号,以便强调光计对图像的选定区域或特征的响应性 被拍照。

    Printer and method for printing indicia on a compact disk using a plurality of ink jet or laser rotatable print heads
    60.
    发明授权
    Printer and method for printing indicia on a compact disk using a plurality of ink jet or laser rotatable print heads 有权
    使用多个喷墨或激光可旋转打印头在光盘上打印标记的打印机和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06202550B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-03-20

    申请号:US09223258

    申请日:1998-12-30

    IPC分类号: B41J2455

    CPC分类号: B41J3/4071

    摘要: A printer and method for printing indicia on a disk. According to an embodiment of the invention, a printer comprises a plurality of elongate print heads arranged orthogonally with respect to each other about a center axis defined between the print heads. The print heads are capable of printing indicia on a disk having an annular printing area. The disk may be a recordable compact disk or a read-only memory compact disk, if desired. The print heads may be coupled to a rotatable hub centered at the center axis, such that the print heads extend radially outwardly from the hub. A motor is coupled to the hub for rotating the hub, so that the print heads rotate in unison about the center axis as the hub rotates. A controller coupled to the motor and print heads synchronously control operation of the motor and print heads. In this configuration of the invention, the print heads rotate while the disk is stationary.

    摘要翻译: 用于在盘上打印标记的打印机和方法。 根据本发明的实施例,打印机包括多个相对于彼此正交地布置的细长打印头,该打印头围绕限定在打印头之间的中心轴线。 打印头能够在具有环形打印区域的盘上打印标记。 如果需要,磁盘可以是可记录的光盘或只读存储器光盘。 打印头可以联接到以中心轴线为中心的可旋转轮毂,使得打印头从轮毂径向向外延伸。 电动机联接到毂以旋转毂,使得当轮毂旋转时,打印头围绕中心轴线一致地旋转。 耦合到马达和打印头的控制器同步地控制马达和打印头的操作。 在本发明的这种配置中,打印头在盘静止时旋转。