TIME-DELAY-AND-INTEGRATE IMAGE SENSORS HAVING VARIABLE INTERGRATION TIMES

TIME-DELAY-AND-INTEGRATE IMAGE SENSORS HAVING VARIABLE INTERGRATION TIMES

In various embodiments, a time-delay-and-integrate (TDI) image sensor includes (i) a plurality of integrating CCDs (ICCDs), arranged in parallel, that accumulate photocharge in response to exposure to light, (ii) electrically coupled to the plurality of ICCDs, a readout CCD (RCCD) for receiving phot...

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Hauptverfasser: NICHOLS DAVID N, COMPTON JOHN T
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Zusammenfassung:In various embodiments, a time-delay-and-integrate (TDI) image sensor includes (i) a plurality of integrating CCDs (ICCDs), arranged in parallel, that accumulate photocharge in response to exposure to light, (ii) electrically coupled to the plurality of ICCDs, a readout CCD (RCCD) for receiving photocharge from the plurality of ICCDs, and (iii) electrically coupled to the RCCD, readout circuitry for converting charge received from the RCCD into voltage.