Performance of a-Si:H photodiode technology-based advanced CMOS active pixel sensor imagers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4435, Issue , 2001, Pages 206-213

  Theil, Jeremy A ^a   Haddad, Homayoon ^a   Snyder, Rick ^a   Zelman, Mike ^a   Hula, David ^a   Lindahl, Kirk ^a  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensors; CMOS image sensors; Elevated photodiode array; Hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CURRENT DENSITY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; IMAGE SENSORS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICON SENSORS;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0035760413     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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