A Novel Amplified Image Sensor with a-Si : H Photoconductor and MOS Transistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1432-1438

  Huang, Zhong Shou ^a   Ando, Takao ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MOS; TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT;

MOS TRANSISTORS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0025449034     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.106237     Document Type: Article

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