Design of radiation hard CMOS APS image sensors for space applications

National Radio Science Conference, NRSC, Proceedings

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages D5.1-D5.9

  El Sayed, E ^a,b  

^a Photobit Corp   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensors; CMOS process; Costs; Fabrication; Image sensors; NASA; Pixel; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Space missions

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COSTS; DESIGN; FABRICATION; IMAGE SENSORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; MICROFABRICATION; NASA; PIXELS; RADIATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE FLIGHT;

CMOS ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; CMOS PROCESSS; COMMERCIAL STANDARDS; NASA SPACE MISSIONS; RADIATION HARD DESIGN; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SPACE MISSIONS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84949950499     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NRSC.2000.838967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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