Microlens performance limits in sub-2μm pixel CMOS image sensors

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 5861-5872

  Huo, Yijie ^a   Fesenmaier, Christian C ^a   Catrysse, Peter B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE SENSORS; MICROLENSES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

BACKSIDE-ILLUMINATED; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; COLOR CHANNELS; DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FOCUSING ELEMENTS; MICRO-LENS; OFF-AXIS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; PIXEL SIZE; RED , GREEN AND BLUES;

PIXELS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; MINIATURIZATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77949635895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.005861     Document Type: Article

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