Theoretical approach to CMOS APS PSF and MTF modeling - Evaluation

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-123

  Grois, Dan ^a,b   Shcherback, Igor ^a,b   Danov, Tatiana ^a,b   Yadid Pecht, Orly ^a,b,c,d  

^a IEEE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d SPIE Solid State Sensor Arrays Program Committee   (Israel)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor (APS); CMOS image sensor; Diffusion process; Modeling; Modulation transfer function (MTF); Point spread function (PSF)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR (APS); CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; DIFFUSION PROCESS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; IMAGE SENSORS; SCANNING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

SENSORS;

EID: 31144469731     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.856128     Document Type: Article

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