Light-to-frequency converter using integrating mode photodiodes

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 933-936

  De Graaf, Ger ^a   Wolffenbuttel, Reinoud F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charge integrating photodiode; Color sensor; Light to frequency conversion; Optical detector; Smart sensor

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; IMAGE SENSORS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; READOUT SYSTEMS;

COLOR SENSORS; LIGHT TO FREQUENCY CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0031199132     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.650803     Document Type: Article

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