Patent ID: 6392260
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A charge coupled device comprising:a first plurality of column registers splayed with respect to and on one side of a column direction line; a second plurality of column registers splayed with respect to and on another side of the column direction line; a first register segment coupled to the first plurality of column registers; a second register segment coupled to the second plurality of column registers, the second register segment being spaced apart from the first register segment so as to define a layout area between the first and second register segments; and at least one of an isolation register element and an output node disposed in the layout area, wherein each column register of the first plurality of column registers includes a plurality of column element wells, the column element wells of all of the first plurality of column registers constituting a plurality of well rows, each of the plurality of well rows being splayed with respect to a row direction line.