A low-light CMOS contact imager with an emission filter for biosensing applications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-203

  Beiderman, Marianna ^a   Tam, Terence ^a   Fish, Aalexander ^a   Jullien, Graham A ^a   Yadid Pecht, Orly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ab on a chip (LOAC); Active column sensor; Active reset; Biosensor; CMOS imaging; Contact imaging; Fluorescence imaging; Low light

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE SENSORS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; POLYSTYRENES; SENSORS; SILICONES; WAVE FILTERS;

AB-ON-A-CHIP (LOAC); ACTIVE COLUMN SENSOR; ACTIVE RESET; CMOS IMAGING; CONTACT IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LOW LIGHT;

FABRICATION;

EID: 56349110959     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2008.2001866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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