Modeling and measurements of MTF and quantum efficiency in CCD and CMOS image sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7536, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Djité, Ibrahima ^a,b,c   Magnan, Pierre ^a   Estribeau, Magali ^a   Rolland, Guy ^b   Petit, Sophie ^b   Saint Pé, Olivier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active Pixel Sensor (APS); Charge Coupled Device (CCD); CMOS Image Sensor (CIS); Crosstalk; High Low junction; Modulation Transfer Function (MTF); Point Spread Function(PSF); Quantum Efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR (CIS); MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS;

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CROSSTALK; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHASE SHIFTERS; PIXELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77949288590     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.839175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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