A New MOS Imager Using Photodiode as Current Source

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1991, Pages 1116-1122

  Kyomasu, Mikio ^a  

^a Solid State Division Hamamatsu Photonics ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MOS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE;

CURRENT SOURCES; LINEAR IMAGE SENSORS; MOS IMAGERS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0026206567     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.90065     Document Type: Article

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