Random telegraph signals in proton irradiated CCDs and APS

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2197-2204

  Hopkinson, G R ^a   Goiffon, V ^b   Mohammadzadeh, A ^c  

^a SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image sensors; Proton radiation effects; Radiation effects; Satellite applications

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE SENSORS; MOSFET DEVICES; PROTONS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TELEGRAPH;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; DEFECT CLUSTERING; DEFECT TYPE; PROTON EVENTS; PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RANDOM TELEGRAPH SIGNALS; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL FLUCTUATIONS; TIME CONSTANTS; TWO TYPES;

PROTON IRRADIATION;

EID: 53349091787     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2000764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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