Current-Mode CMOS Image Sensor Using Lateral Bipolar Phototransistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2570-2573

  Huang, Ying ^a   Hornsey, Richard I ^b  

^a Wireless Communications Division   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensors; CMOS image sensors; Current mode; Lateral bipolar phototransistors (LPT)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COSTS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTEGRATION; MIRRORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS; LATERAL BIPOLAR PHOTOTRANSISTORS (LPT);

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0347968280     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2003.820123     Document Type: Article

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