An Abuttable CCD Imager for Visible and X-Ray Focal Plane Arrays

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 1069-1076

  Burke, Barry E ^a   Mountain, Robert W ^a   Harrison, David C ^a   Daniels, Peter J ^a   Bautz, Marshall W ^a   Doty, John P ^a   Ricker, George R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, CHARGE COUPLED; SPECTROSCOPY, X-RAY;

CCD IMAGERS; MULTICHIP ARRAYS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0026156868     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.78381     Document Type: Article

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