Silicon linear image sensors for photometry

The paper describes a new linear image sensor for photometry by applying bipolar technology (Standard Buried Collector-SBC) to the manufacture of self-scanning linear photodiode arrays. On a monolithic chip we have designed 128 to 1024 linear photodiodes, demultiplexing system and signals processing system. A dynamic simulation and a real-time measurement have been implemented, that allow to take into account every operational phase of detection. The dialogue between the various functions in established by message´s transmission, using common data areas stored on disks or in central memory of PC compatible computer