Integrated color pixels in 0.18-μm complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2293-2306

  Catrysse, Peter B ^a   Wandell, Brian A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE SENSORS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTODETECTORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COLOR FILTER ARRAY; COLOR PIXELS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; WAVE OPTICS SIMULATION;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0345763698     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.002293     Document Type: Article

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