Random telegraph signals from proton-irradiated CCDs

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1567-1574

  Hopkins, I H ^a   Hopkinson, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sira Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MOSFET DEVICES; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATE ASSIGNMENT; STATE ESTIMATION; TELEGRAPH; TELEGRAPH CIRCUITS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DARK CURRENTS; EEV DEVICE; PROTON DAMAGED CCDS; RANDOM TELEGRAPH SIGNAL; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS; X RAY IRRADIATION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

EID: 0027841912     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.273552     Document Type: Article

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