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 Solid state photosensitive devices

Details
Inventors: Arques, Marc;
Assignee: Thomson-CSF (Paris, FR)
Primary Examiner: Munson; Gene M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Plottel; Roland

The present invention relates to an improvement to solid state photosensible devices of the type having a charge storing capacitor preceding the charge--voltage conversion stage. The photosensitive device of the invention comprises photosensitive detectors, each detector being connected to a charge integration cell, which is itself connected via a multiplexer to a charge--voltage conversion stage, preceded by a first storage capacitor connected to a resetting means with a supplementary storage capacitor located upstream of the first capacitor. The bias voltage of the supplementary capacitor can be brought to a high or a low level, as a function of the charge quantity to be integrated, for modifying the value of the capacitor receiving the charges.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention therefore relates to a solid state photosensitive device of the type comprising at least one photosensitive detector, each detector being connected to a charge integration cell, which is itself connected under control of a multiplexer to a charge--voltage conversion stage preceded by a first storage means connected to a resetting means, wherein it also comprises at least one supplementary charge storage means adjacent to the first storage means, said supplementary storage means being controlled by variable bias voltages making it possible to modify the capacitance of the storage means as desired to vary the quantity of integrated that can be stored.



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