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Frame-Free Compact-Pitch IR Imagers

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Low-Power CMOS Digital Pixel Imagers for High-Speed Uncooled PbSe IR Applications

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As monolithic VPD PbSe-CMOS integration develops, initial process uniformity concerns become more relaxed and pitch is considerably reduced.

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  1. Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

    Josep Maria Margarit

  2. Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona - Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMB-CNM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

    Josep Maria Margarit

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Maria Margarit, J. (2017). Frame-Free Compact-Pitch IR Imagers. In: Low-Power CMOS Digital Pixel Imagers for High-Speed Uncooled PbSe IR Applications. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49962-8_3

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