Annealing of proton-induced random telegraph signal in CCDs

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1120-1128

  Nuns, T ^a   Quadri, G ^b   David, J P ^a   Gilard, O ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Annealing; CCD; Irradiation; Proton

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; IRRADIATION; PHOSPHORUS; PROTONS; SILICON; TELEGRAPH;

ISOCHRONAL ANNEALING.; PHOSPHORUS-VACANCIES; RANDOM TELEGRAPH SIGNAL; VARIANCE DETECTION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

EID: 34548080556     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.902351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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