A CMOS image sensor with a double-junction active pixel

被引:13
作者
Findlater, KM [1 ]
Renshaw, D
Hurwitz, JED
Henderson, RK
Purcell, MD
Smith, SG
Bailey, TER
机构
[1] STMicroelect Imaging Div, Edinburgh EH12 7BF, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Univ Edinburgh, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, Midlothian, Scotland
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
CMOS; color; image sensors; photodiodes;
D O I
10.1109/TED.2002.807259
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 CMOS image sensor that employs a vertically integrated double-junction photodiode structure is presented. This allows color imaging with only two filters. The sensor uses a 184 * 154 (near-QCIEF) 6-transistor pixel array at a 9.6-mum pitch implemented in 0.35-mum technology. Results of the device characterization are presented. The imaging performance of an integrated two-filter color sensor is also projected, using measurements and software processing of subsampled images from, the monochrome sensor with two color filters.
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页码:32 / 42
页数:11
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