Patents by Inventor Marcus Kleefstra

Marcus Kleefstra has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4612521
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus Kleefstra, Antonius J. M. Montagne, Jan W. Pathuis