DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying figures in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a CCD imager of known type and which may embody the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a physical cross section of one element in a multiplication register;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross section of a single multiplication element showing voltages applied to electrodes at a point in time;
FIG. 4 is a chart showing the relationship between voltage difference between electrodes of an elements and the signal added;
FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a frame transfer device embodying the invention;
FIG. 6 shows the gain as a function of the ratio of two signals;
FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of the process to determine gain using the invention; and
FIG. 8 is a flow diagram of the process to determine gain using alternate lines using the invention.