Mitigation of pixel scaling effects in CMOS image sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6817, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fesenmaier, Christian C ^a   Catrysse, Peter B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensor; Crosstalk; Finite difference time domain; Optical efficiency; Pixel scaling; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CROSSTALK; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PHOTODIODES; PIXELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PIXEL SCALING EFFECTS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 43649105538     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.766045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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