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Antiblooming imaging apparatus, systems, and methods

  • US 8,114,718 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2010
  • Issued: 02/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • converting photons to electrons in a first potential energy region at a predetermined rate;

    storing the electrons in the first potential energy region during an integration time; and

    adjusting a first barrier energy relative to at least one of a second barrier energy or a third barrier energy to reduce transfer of electrons from a second potential energy region to the first potential energy region during the integration time by permitting electron transfer from the second potential energy region to flow in a direction away from the first potential energy region, the second potential energy region being in a path of reading out, after the integration time, the electrons stored in the first potential energy region.

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