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A new high speed Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) pixel readout circuitry consuming a small area is proposed. The whole schematic is designed using Silterra 0.18 \(\mu \)m CMOS technology and consists of 12 small-sized MOSFETs that are one-third smaller than other solutions. The time taken to capture an image of the inner body is better than that in the literature, although the same input current is used. Simulation result shows that at the minimum input current of 3 nA, the image for the three pixels at the same row can be obtained clearly at every clock cycle.
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This project was supported by Universiti Sains Malaysia, under grant number 304/PCEDEC/60312045 and 304/PCEDEC/60310038. The authors express their sincerest appreciation to all group members, Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd., and Collaborative Microelectronic Design Excellence Centre.
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Rhaffor, N.B.A., Zawawi, R.B.A., Mohd, S.B.K.K., Manaf, A.B.A., Sidek, O.B. (2017). A New Pixel Readout Circuit for X-Ray Image Sensor. In: Ibrahim, H., Iqbal, S., Teoh, S., Mustaffa, M. (eds) 9th International Conference on Robotic, Vision, Signal Processing and Power Applications. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 398. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1721-6_7
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