Abstract: The invention relates to a charge-coupled device with an adjustable charge transport route having at least two ccd segments, which can be connected in series with each other by means of a switchable connection. This connection includes an output diode for the first segment, an input diode for the first segment, an input diode for the second segment and a switch, for example a MOS transistor, which is connected to the output diode and/or the input diode. The input diode and the output diode may be in the form of individual zones or in the form of individual zones or in the form of a common zone. The invention, which offers the advantage that the transport time through the connection independent of the length of the form of the connection, can be used, for example, in programmable filters, (de)multiplexers, (de)scramblers and the like.

Abstract: The invention relates to a charge-coupled device, in which the channel is provided with two or more separation regions for obtaining a desired charge subdivision, for example, for a transversal filter. Due to asymmetry in the potential distribution between the outer subchannels and the central subchannels, an inaccuracy occurs in the charge distribution, which according to the invention is eliminated for the major part by locally providing the separation channels bounding the outer subchannels with an interruption.

Abstract: The invention relates to a charged-coupled transversal filter of the parallel-in series-out (PISO) type having a buried channel of one conductivity type and zones diffused into the channel of the other conductivity type, which zones constitute the clock electrodes. The inputs also comprise a zone of the one conductivity type which is provided in the associated zone of the second conductivity type. The weighting factors are formed by selecting the sizes of these zones, which constitute the emitters of bipolar transistors, whose bases are constituted by the clock electrodes and whose collectors are constituted by the channel. The signal to be filtered is introduced by first converting the signal into a current and by then distributing the latter over the various emitters. Stages having positive and negative weighting factors can be readily combined to form a CCD.