This paper presents a CMOS image sensor with a pinned-photodiode 4T active-pixel design
(APS) that uses a buried-channel source follower (BSF) as the in-pixel amplifier. A prototype …

This paper presents a CMOS imager sensor with pinned-photodiode 4T active pixels which
use in-pixel buried-channel source followers (SFs) and optimized row selectors. The test …

CMOS image sensors are nowadays widely used in imaging applications even for high end
applications. This is really possible thanks to a reduction of noise obtained, among others …

H01L27/14—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state
components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components …

A backside illuminated pixel array having a buried channel source follower of a pixel cell
which is coupled to output an analog signal directly to a bitline as image data. In one …

This letter presents a novel readout architecture and its associated readout sequence for
complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors (CISs) based on switch …

(57) ABSTRACT A global shutter (GS) image sensor pixel includes a pinned photodiode
connected to a memory node by a first transfer gate transistor, and a floating diffusion …

CMOS image sensors based on active pixel sensors (APS) are now the preferred
technology for most imaging applications. With advanced technology, reduced channel size …

A detector, equipped with 50 μm thin CMOS Pixel Sensors (CPS), is being designed for the
upgrade of the Inner Tracking System (ITS) of the ALICE experiment at LHC. Two CPS …

This paper presents the design and characterisation of FORTIS (4T Test Image Sensor),
which is a low noise, CMOS monolithic active pixel sensor for scientific applications. The …