A 0.18μm CMOS low-power charge-integration DPS for x-ray imaging

2009 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 209-212

  Figueras, Roger ^a   Sabadell, Justo ^b   Margarit, Josep Maria ^a   Martín, Elena ^a   Terés, Lluís ^a   Serra Graells, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b X Ray Imatek SL ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A/D CONVERSION; A/D CONVERTER; BUILT-IN TESTS; CIRCUIT IMPLEMENTATION; CMOS ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS; CMOS CIRCUITS; GAIN PROGRAMMABILITY; LOSSLESS; LOW POWER; METAL TECHNOLOGY; PIXEL LEVEL; POLY-SI; SELF BIASING; SELF-CANCELLATION; SUBTHRESHOLD TRANSISTORS; X-RAY IMAGERS; XRAY IMAGING;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; IMAGE SENSORS; PIXELS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BUILT-IN SELF TEST;

EID: 77749317238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOCAS.2009.5372046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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