A CMOS image sensor with in-pixel buried-channel source follower and optimized row selector

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2390-2397

  Chen, Yue ^a   Wang, Xinyang ^a,b   Mierop, Adri J ^c   Theuwissen, Albert J P ^a,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CMOSIS NV   (Belgium)

^c DALSA Semiconductors   (Netherlands)

^d Harvest Imaging   (Belgium)

Author keywords

4T active pixel sensor; Buried channel source follower (BSF); CMOS image sensor (CIS); Optimized row selector; Random telegraphsignal (RTS) noise

Indexed keywords

4T-ACTIVE-PIXEL SENSOR; BURIED-CHANNEL SOURCE FOLLOWER (BSF); CMOS IMAGE SENSOR (CIS); OPTIMIZED ROW SELECTOR; RANDOM-TELEGRAPHSIGNAL (RTS) NOISE;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE SENSORS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; TELEGRAPH;

PIXELS;

EID: 70350728663     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2030600     Document Type: Article

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