Radiation effects on a radiation-tolerant CMOS active pixel sensor

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 III, 2004, Pages 2753-2762

  Hopkinson, Gordon R ^a   Mohammadzadeh, Ali ^b   Harboe Sorensen, Reno ^b  

^a Sira Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor (APS); Damage; Imager; Proton; Radiation; STAR 250

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COBALT; ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SENSORS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS (APS); DOSE EFFECTS; IMAGE LAG;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 8344249599     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.835108     Document Type: Article

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