PtSi Schottky-barrier infrared FPAs with CDS readout

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3179, Issue , 1997, Pages 212-223

  Kimata, Masafumi ^a   Ozeki, Tatsuo ^a   Nunoshita, Masahiro ^a   Ito, Sho ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charge sweep device; Infrared camera; Infrared focal plane array; PtSi Schottky barrier

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CRYSTALS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOCUSING; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED IMAGING; PIXELS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

APPLICATIONS.; CHARGE SWEEP DEVICE; EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; FRAME RATES; HIGH FILLS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INFRARED CAMERA; INFRARED FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; INFRARED IMAGES; PIXEL SIZES; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; PTSI SCHOTTKY-BARRIER; SATURATION LEVELS; SMALL PIXELS; VERY LOW NOISES;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS;

EID: 0038329988     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.276227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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