Patent №
US 4,445,117
Granted
1984-04-24
Filed 1981
Owner
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, A CORP. OF DE
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
06335131
A transistorized monolithic focal plane array is formed on a semiconductive substrate and comprises a plurality of detectors associated with a corresponding plurality of source follower or inverter transistors. The array is row addressable. The gate of the source follower transistor comprises a floating node which is charged by the corresponding detector in proportion to the incident photon flux, the gate being periodically reset. The invention combines the advantages of compactness and low capacitance of charge coupled device imagers and low noise characteristics of prior art imagers comprising discrete transistors.
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Ownership
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, A CORP. OF DE
assignment · 39710541
Assignors
GAALEMA, STEVEN D., JACK, MICHAEL D.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.