NOVEL DIGITAL PHOTOSENSOR CELL IN GAAS IC USING CONVERSION OF LIGHT-INTENSITY TO PULSE FREQUENCY

被引:9
作者
TANAKA, K
ANDO, F
TAKETOSHI, K
OHISHI, I
ASARI, G
机构
[1] KOKUSHIKAN UNIV,FAC ENGN,SETAGAYA KU,TOKYO 157,JAPAN
[2] TOKYO INST POLYTECH,ATSUGI,KANAGAWA 24302,JAPAN
[3] ASAHI GLASS CO LTD,CTR RES & DEV,KANAGAWA KU,YOKOHAMA,KANAGAWA 221,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1993年 / 32卷 / 11A期
关键词
GAAS; IC; DIGITAL SENSOR; MES-FET; MSM PHOTODIODE; DYNAMIC RANGE; GAMMA-CHARACTERISTIC; IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.32.5002
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
A photoelectric GaAs integrated circuit that converts light intensity to digital signal frequency has been fabricated using the GaAs MES-FET process. The circuit includes a metal-semiconductor-metal photodiode (MSM-PD), a preamplifier (PA), a Schmitt trigger (ST), a flip-flop (FF) (1-bit digital counter) and a reset (Rt) FET. This sensor cell has a wide dynamic range of over 5 decades of incident light power and a gamma characteristic suitable for an image pickup device.
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页码:5002 / 5007
页数:6
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