Photon-number-resolving megapixel image sensor at room temperature without avalanche gain

J Ma, S Masoodian, DA Starkey, ER Fossum - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
In several emerging fields of study such as encryption in optical communications,
determination of the number of photons in an optical pulse is of great importance. Typically …

Full-color nanorouter for high-resolution imaging

M Chen, L Wen, D Pan, DRS Cumming, X Yang… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Pixel scaling effects have been a major issue in the development of high-resolution color
image sensors due to the reduced photoelectric signal and color crosstalk. Various structural …

[PDF][PDF] Pixel-to-pixel isolation by deep trench technology: application to CMOS image sensor

A Tournier, F Leverd, L Favennec… - Proc. Int. image …, 2011 - imagesensors.org
Deep Trench technology for CMOS image sensor was successfully developed and
industrialized for bestin-class 1.4 µm pixel Front-Side Illumination (FSI) technology. The …

Surrounding gate transistor (SGT) structure

F Masuoka, H Nakamura, S Arai, T Kudo… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
2011-05-26 Assigned to UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS (JAPAN) LTD. reassignment
UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS (JAPAN) LTD. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE …

Semiconductor device including a MOS transistor and production method therefor

F Masuoka, S Arai - US Patent 8,497,548, 2013 - Google Patents
It is intended to provide a semiconductor device including a MOS transistor, comprising: a
semiconductor pillar; a bottom doped region formed in contact with a lower part of the …

Semiconductor device and production method therefor

F Masuoka, S Arai - US Patent 8,598,650, 2013 - Google Patents
It is intended to provide a semiconductor device comprising a circuit which has a connection
between a drain region or a source region of a first MOS transistor and a drain region ora …

Surround gate CMOS semiconductor device

F Masuoka, H Nakamura, S Arai, T Kudo… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
2011-05-23 Assigned to UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS (JAPAN) LTD. reassignment
UNISANTIS ELECTRONICS (JAPAN) LTD. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE …

A 45 nm stacked CMOS image sensor process technology for submicron pixel

S Takahashi, YM Huang, JJ Sze, TT Wu, FS Guo… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
A submicron pixel's light and dark performance were studied by experiment and simulation.
An advanced node technology incorporated with a stacked CMOS image sensor (CIS) is …

A 368× 184 optical under-display fingerprint sensor comprising hybrid arrays of global and rolling shutter pixels with shared pixel-level ADCs

PH Yin, CW Lu, JS Wang, KL Chang… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study proposes a 368 x 184 optical underdisplay fingerprint sensor designed and
prototyped using the 0.11-μm CIS technology. The prototype sensor includes a hybrid array …

High-resolution CMOS video image sensors

I Takayanagi, J Nakamura - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-definition television (HDTV) images are now commonly available and the recent trend
of video applications is toward even higher spatial resolutions with higher pixel rates. To …