A 70-μ m pitch 8-μ W self-biased charge-integration active pixel for digital mammography

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 481-489

  Figueras, Roger ^a   Sabadell, Justo ^b   Terés, Lluís ^a   Serra Graells, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b X Ray Imatek SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); digital pixel sensor (DPS); imaging; low power; mammography; X ray

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PIXEL; AUTO CALIBRATION; BUILT-IN TESTS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL PIXEL SENSOR; FIXED PATTERN NOISE; FULL FIELD DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; GAIN TUNING; INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE; LOSSLESS; LOW POWER; SELF-BIAS; SELF-BIASED;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BUILT-IN SELF TEST; SENSORS;

PIXELS;

EID: 80255123734     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2151192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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