Imaging charge-coupled device having an all parallel output

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A charge-coupled device comprises a substrate of semiconductor material having at least two buried channels formed therein. At least two sets of clock electrodes overlie the buried channels. By application of appropriate potentials to the clock electrodes, an electrical charge may be propagated in controlled fashion along each buried channel towards its output end. A floating diffusion is formed at the output end of each buried channel for receiving charge propagated along the channel. Output transistors are associated with the buried channels respectively and each has a control electrode connected to the floating diffusion of the associated channel. An output diffusion is located between …