A time-resolved CMOS image sensor with draining-only modulation pixels for fluorescence lifetime imaging

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2715-2722

  Li, Zhuo ^a   Kawahito, Shoji ^a   Yasutomi, Keita ^a   Kagawa, Keiichiro ^a   Ukon, Juichiro ^b   Hashimoto, Mamoru ^c   Niioka, Hirohiko ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HORIBA LTD   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrierless; CMOS image sensor; draining only modulation (DOM); fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM); linearity; low noise; time resolved; time domain lifetime measurement

Indexed keywords

BARRIERLESS; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; DRAINING-ONLY MODULATION (DOM); FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY; LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; LINEARITY; LOW NOISE; TIME-RESOLVED;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIODES; FLUORESCENCE; MODULATION;

PIXELS;

EID: 84866729862     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2012.2209179     Document Type: Article

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