Title :
A bipolar floating base detector (FBD) for CCD image sensors
Author :
Roks, E. ; Centen, P.G. ; Sankaranarayanan, L. ; Slotboom, J.W. ; Bosiers, J.T. ; Huinink, W.F.
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A new bipolar charge detector, called the Floating Base Detector (FBD), fabricated in a standard CCD image sensor process, is presented. It can be used as an output structure for CCD registers or as a compact pixel-gain element. The FBD, with a charge handling capability of 30,000 electrons, has achieved a dynamic range of 84 dB over 5 MHz bandwidth which corresponds to a noise electron equivalent of 1.9 electrons.<>
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; bipolar transistors; semiconductor device noise; 5 MHz; CCD image sensors; bipolar floating base detector; charge detector; charge handling capability; compact pixel-gain element; dynamic range; noise electron equivalent; output structure; Bipolar transistors; Charge coupled image sensors; Semiconductor device noise;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 1992. IEDM '92. Technical Digest., International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0817-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.1992.307320
