CMOS image sensors for high speed applications

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 430-444

  El Desouki, Munir ^a   Deen, M Jamal ^a   Fang, Qiyin ^a   Liu, Louis ^b   Tse, Frances ^a   Armstrong, David ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor; Biomedical imaging; CCD; CMOS; High speed; Image sensor; Photodetectors; Smart pixel

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-PIXEL-SENSOR; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; DEEP-SUBMICRON CMOS TECHNOLOGY; HIGH-SPEED; HIGH-SPEED APPLICATIONS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; SMART-PIXEL; STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DESIGN; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTODETECTORS; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PIXELS;

EID: 59249102784     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90100430     Document Type: Article

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