US PATENT SUBCLASS 257 / 222
.~.~.~ Responsive to non-electrical external signal (e.g., imager)

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257 /   HD   ACTIVE SOLID-STATE DEVICES (E.G., TRANSISTORS, SOLID-STATE DIODES)

213  DF  FIELD EFFECT DEVICE {6}
215  DF  .~ Charge transfer device {11}
216  DF  .~.~ Majority signal carrier (e.g., buried or bulk channel, or peristaltic) {5}
222.~.~.~ Responsive to non-electrical external signal (e.g., imager) {1}
223  DF  .~.~.~.~> Having structure to improve output signal (e.g., antiblooming drain)

DEFINITION

Classification: 257/222

Responsive to non-electrical external signal (e.g., imager):

(under subclass 216) Subject matter wherein the majority signal carrier charge transfer device transfers charge from one charge storage device to another in response to a non-electric signal (e.g., light, pressure, etc.).