A charge coupled device includes first and second pluralities of column registers and first and second register segments. The first plurality of column registers are splayed with respect to and on one side of a column direction line, and the second plurality of column registers are splayed with respect to and on another side of the column direction line. The first register segment is coupled to the first plurality of column registers, and the second register segment is coupled to the second plurality of column registers. The second register segment is spaced apart from the first register segment so as to define a layout area between the first and second register segments where at least one of an isolation register element and an output node is disposed. 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 constitute a plurality of well rows where each of the plurality of well rows is splayed with respect to a row direction line.
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