US PATENT SUBCLASS 257 / 234
.~.~.~ Single strip of sensors (e.g., linear imager)

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213  DF  FIELD EFFECT DEVICE {6}
215  DF  .~ Charge transfer device {11}
225  DF  .~.~ Non-electrical input responsive (e.g., light responsive imager, input programmed by size of storage sites for use as a read-only memory, etc.) {6}
234.~.~.~ Single strip of sensors (e.g., linear imager)

DEFINITION

Classification: 257/234

Single strip of sensors (e.g., linear imager):

(under subclass 225) Subject matter wherein the non-electrical input responsive device is in the form of a line of individual sensors.

(1) Note. The single strip of sensors may be combined with a structure forming readout registers, i.e., short term storage devices for accumulating charge packets generated by the sensors and for transferring charge packets to an amplifier or output device, and wherein the sensors are placed adjacent to the readout register structure.

(2) Note. The device may have plural readout register structures.