摘要 |
Charge coupled circuits which may be arranged in arrays and interconnected to form long registers of either the open-ended or the circulating type. Features of these circuits include new electrode structures which permit close spacing between electrodes, self-alignment of electrodes of very small size and which may be layed out to achieve high packing density. They also permit two or higher numbers of voltage phases to be employed for unidirectional charge signal propagation. The circuits also include improved structures including a floating junction for coupling one register to another for charge regeneration and for reset purposes. Biasing arrangements are employed for optimizing the amount of charge to be propagated and for providing potential wells of a contour to insure unidirectional signal propagation. Additional features of a circuit are discussed in detail below. |