Active pixel sensors: Are CCD's dinosaurs?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1900, Issue , 1993, Pages 2-14

  Fossum, Eric R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CHARGE TRANSFER; MANUFACTURE; OPTICAL SENSORS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; ACTIVE TRANSISTORS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; ON-CHIP ELECTRONICS; STATE OF THE ART; WAVELENGTH RESPONSE;

PIXELS;

EID: 84886670836     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.148585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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