Active pixel concept combined with organic photodiode for imaging devices

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 893-895

  Tedde, Sandro ^a   Zaus, E S ^a   Fürst, Jens ^a   Henseler, D ^a   Lugli, P ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active circuits; Image sensors; Optical imaging; Optical polymers; Optoelectronic devices; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Plastics

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PIXELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

ACTIVE PIXELSENSOR (APS); OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL POLYMERS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34948909622     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2007.905425     Document Type: Article

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