Modeling of the bulk versus SOI CMOS performances for the optimal design of APS circuits in low-power low-voltage applications

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-110

  Afzalian, Aryan ^a   Flandre, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensors (APSs); CMOS analog integrated circuits; CMOS image sensors; Image sensors; Integrated circuits; Silicon on insulator (SOI); SOI CMOS image sensors

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL NOISE;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS; FIXED PATTERN NOISE; LOW VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0037251386     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2002.806957     Document Type: Article

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