Tunable spectral responses in a color-sensitive CMOS pixel for imaging applications

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2563-2569

  Langfelder, Giacomo ^a   Zaraga, Federico ^a   Longoni, Antonio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMOS pixel; Color imaging; Tunable color filters

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; APPLIED VOLTAGES; CMOS PIXEL; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; COLOR IMAGING; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; LOW-DOPED SILICON; PHOTORESPONSES; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TRANSVERSE FIELD; TUNABLE COLOR FILTERS; TUNING RANGES;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COLOR; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; PIXELS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 70350707610     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2030628     Document Type: Article

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