Charge coupled device systems

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Analog signals initially are stored in a linear array such as a charge coupled device (CCD) register. There is provided, for each stage of the linear array a different, column of a CCD matrix, termed here a B register. During a transfer interval, the analog charge signals concurrently are permitted to flow into the columns. As the stages in the B register have much smaller charge storage capacity than the stages in the linear array, the charge signal fills and then overflows successive potential wells of each column until an equilibrium condition is reached. At equilibrium the number of filled wells in a column will be proportional to the amplitude of the charge signal supplied to that …