A low voltage hybrid bulk/SOI CMOS active pixel image sensor

被引:40
作者
Xu, C [1 ]
Zhang, WQ
Chan, M
机构
[1] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Celestry Design Technol, San Jose, CA 95112 USA
关键词
active pixel sensors; bulk and SOI hybrid technology; low power applications; SOI technology;
D O I
10.1109/55.919244
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A hybrid bulk/silicon-on-insulator (SOI) complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) active pixel image sensor has been fabricated and studied. The active pixel comprise of reset and source follow transistors on the SOI thin film while the photodiode is fabricated on the SOI handling substrate after removing the buried oxide. The hulk photo diode can be optimized for efficiency with the use of lightly doped SOI substrate without compromising Be circuit performance. On the other hand, the elimination of wells on the SOI thin-film allows the use of PMOSFET without increasing the pixel size, The addition of a PMOSFET in the active pixel structure can reduce the minimum operating voltage of the circuit beyond that of conventional designs. With the combination of the high quantum efficiency of bulk photodiode and the low power advantage of SOI technology, the hybrid technology is attractive, for scaled low voltage imaging applications.
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页码:248 / 250
页数:3
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