An application specific PSD implemented using standard CMOS technology

Author

Mäkynen, A. ; Kostamovaara, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Oulu Univ., Finland

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

397

Abstract

A 2-axis optical position sensitive detector (PSD) suitable for a single chip application-specific implementation of CMOS position sensing systems is reported. The PSD is comprised of an area array of discrete p-n photodiodes and two arrays of MOS transistors. The test results show that besides providing the possibility to optimize position-sensing resolution for a particular application, the linearity of a CMOS PSD is also markedly better than that of a conventional PSD manufactured using dedicated technologies

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; arrays; displacement measurement; distance measurement; optical sensors; photodetectors; photodiodes; position measurement; 2-axis optical PSD; CMOS position sensing systems; MOS transistor arrays; PSD linearity; application specific PSD; area array; discrete p-n photodiodes; position sensitive detector; single-chip application-specific implementation; standard CMOS technology; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Detectors; Electrodes; Linearity; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Photodiodes; Signal processing; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1998 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisboa

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5008-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.1998.813348

Filename

813348