The structure and physical properties of ultra-thin, multi-element Si pin photodiode arrays for medical imaging applications

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue II, 2005, Pages 1146-1154

  Tabbert, Bernd ^a   Hicks, Chris ^a   Bartley, Ed ^a   Wu, Hong ^a   Goushcha, Ilja ^a   Metzler, Richard ^a   Goushcha, Alexander O ^a  

^a Semicoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Pin photodiode array; Quantum efficiency; Silicon photodiode; Tileable array; Ultra thin die

Indexed keywords

PIN PHOTODIODE ARRAYS; SILICON PHOTODIODES; TILEABLE ARRAY; ULTRA THIN DIE;

CROSSTALK; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTODIODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ARRAYS;

EID: 23844517755     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.595414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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