Three-dimensional broadband FDTD optical simulations of CMOS image sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7100, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Crocherie, A ^a,b   Vaillant, J ^a   Hirigoyen, F ^a  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

^b IMEP LAHC   (France)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic diffraction; FDTD; Image sensors; Optical propagation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL SENSORS; PIXELS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

2D SIMULATIONS; 3D MODELING; ANTIREFLECTIVE COATINGS; BROADBAND SIMULATIONS; CMOS IMAGE SENSORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DIFFRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FDTD; OPTICAL PROPAGATION; OPTICAL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL STACKS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL RESPONSES; VISIBLE RANGES;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 56249130441     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.797417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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