Monolithic Optical Position Encoder with On-Chip Photodiodes

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 465-473

  Aubert, Philippe ^a   Oguey, Henri J ^a   Vuilleumier, Raymond ^a  

^a Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, MONOLITHIC - FABRICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE - APPLICATIONS;

CMOS CHIP; MONOLITHIC OPTICAL POSITION ENCODER; ON-CHIP PHOTODIODES;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0023997577     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.1008     Document Type: Article

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