Low temperature alpha particle irradiation of a STAR 1000 CMOS APS

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2229-2234

  Hopkinson, G R ^a   Mohammadzadeh, A ^b  

^a SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; IMAGE SENSORS; IRRADIATION; ORBITS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; ALPHA PARTICLE IRRADIATION; CMOS APS; CURRENT SPIKES; DARK CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NEAR ROOM-TEMPERATURE; ON ORBITS; PROTON RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS;

ALPHA PARTICLES;

EID: 53349141352     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.920257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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