CCD imager responsive to long wavelength radiation

Year	Description
1988	Invention patented by Harold H. Hosack on March 14th, 1988. Abstract: An infrared or x-ray imaging CCD array, including deep trench isolation (56) for capturing electron carriers formed deep in the substrate (46) as a result of long wavelength radiation or high energy particles. In virtual phase CCD circuits, the trench has formed on the sidewalls thereof a diffusion (58, 60) defining a vertical conductor for allowing hole carrier conduction between the substrate (46) and the virtual phase electrode (38).
1992	Invention patented by Harold H. Hosack on May 28th, 1992. Abstract: An infrared or x-ray imaging CCD array, including deep trench isolation (56) for capturing electron carriers formed deep in the substrate (46) as a result of long wavelength radiation or high energy particles. In virtual phase CCD circuits, the trench has formed on the sidewalls thereof a diffusion (58, 60) defining a vertical conductor for allowing hole carrier conduction between the substrate (46) and the virtual phase electrode (38).
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Invention: CCD imager responsive to long wavelength radiation