Pre-amplifier-per-pixel charge-injection-device image sensor

Sayed I. Eid

doi:10.1117/12.206526

10 April 1995 Pre-amplifier per pixel charge injection device image sensor

Sayed I. Eid

Proceedings Volume 2415, Charge-Coupled Devices and Solid State Optical Sensors V; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206526
Event: IS&T/SPIE's Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, a new CID image sensor architecture, pre-amplifier per pixel (PPP), is presented. In this architecture, an amplifier is dedicated to and integrated within each pixel of the image sensor array. The read-out node for a pixel design employing this architecture is local to its pixel and buffered from any other read-out nodes within the image sensor pixel array. Thus, the capacitance of the read-out node in this design is significantly reduced, resulting in significant improvements of read-out sensitivity and noise. This architecture reduces the read-out node capacitance to an order of magnitude of few tens of fF, which yields an rms read-out noise in the order of few tens of electrons. This brings the CID imaging technology to the main stream of read-out noise levels of other solid-state imaging technologies. This is achieved without compromising the traditional strengths of CID imaging technology such as non-destructive read-out, resistance to blooming, radiation hardness, and random-accessibility. The only compromise is the pixel fill-factor. Depending on the minimum process feature size and the pixel size, the pixel fill-factor can be higher than 50%. A test chip has been designed and fabricated. Evaluation of this test chip is presented.

Citation Download Citation

Sayed I. Eid "Pre-amplifier per pixel charge injection device image sensor", Proc. SPIE 2415, Charge-Coupled Devices and Solid State Optical Sensors V, (10 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206526

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available