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Silicon-on-Insulator-Based Single-Chip Image Sensors: Low-Voltage Scientific Imaging

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A low-voltage (≤3.3 V) imaging technology has been developed to enable scientific-grade imagers with low-power complex functions on chip. A 128 × 128 CCD imager with on-chip clocking and charge-domain analog-to-digital conversion, as well as an exploratory active pixel sensor have been demonstrated. A 640 × 960 CCD imager with optimized 12 bit charge-domain conversion and an improved active pixel sensor are presently in fabrication.

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    Vyshnavi Suntharalingam, Barry E. Burke & Michael J. Cooper

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Suntharalingam, V., Burke, B.E. & Cooper, M.J. Silicon-on-Insulator-Based Single-Chip Image Sensors: Low-Voltage Scientific Imaging. Experimental Astronomy 14, 91–98 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EXPA.0000004336.59914.e5

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