360/spl times/360-element very-high-frame-rate burst image sensor

A 360/spl times/360-element very high frame rate (VHFR) burst image sensor captures images at maximum frame rate up to 10/sup g/ frame/s. This is accomplished by continuously storing the last 30 image frames at the pixel locations. The 360/spl times/360 VHFR imager having a 2/spl times/2 cm/sup 2/ chip is designed in the form of 4 quadrants each with 180/spl times/180 pixels. Each pixel occupies 50/spl times/50 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ and consists of a 337 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ photodetector with a fill factor of 13.5% and a S-phase 30-stage (5/spl times/6) series-parallel type buried-channel CCD (BCCD) register for continuously storing the last 30 detected image frames. The chip uses 1.5 /spl mu/m design rules and 1.5/spl times/3 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ minimum-size BCCD storage elements.