Noise model, analysis and characterization of a differential active pixel sensor

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1780-1783

  Sander, David ^a   Nelson, Nicole ^a   Abshire, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPYING; IMAGE SENSORS; PIXELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; READOUT NOISES;

SENSORS;

EID: 51749102412     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2008.4541784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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