• DocumentCode
    3005336
  • Title

    Dark current reduction in very-large area CCD imagers for professional DSC applications

  • Author

    Peters, Inge M. ; Kleimann, Agnes ; Polderdijk, Frank ; Klaassens, Wilco ; Frost, Raymond ; Bosiers, Jan T.

  • Author_Institution
    DALSA Professional Imaging, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    13-15 Dec. 2004
  • Firstpage
    993
  • Lastpage
    996
  • Abstract
    CCD imagers for professional digital still camera (DSC) applications require very low dark current levels to obtain excellent image quality at long exposure times. This paper presents the limits of charge pumping for dark current reduction in very-large area full-frame CCD imagers, and proposes a new implementation of "all gates pinning" for integration in multi-pinned phase operation mode. The dark current is reduced from 12 pA/cm2 to 0.6 pA/cm2 (3 e-/pixel/s) at 35°C, and the associated fixed pattern noise is reduced with a factor of 6.
  • Keywords
    CCD image sensors; digital photography; 35 C; CCD imager; DSC application; charge pumping; dark current level; dark current reduction; digital still camera; gate pinning; image quality; multipinned phase operation; Artificial intelligence; Charge coupled devices; Charge pumps; Charge-coupled image sensors; Clocks; Dark current; Digital cameras; Implants; Pixel; Semiconductor device noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 2004. IEDM Technical Digest. IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8684-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.2004.1419355
  • Filename
    1419355
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3005336