Share Email Print
cover

Proceedings Paper

Design of a large-format charge-injection-device imager for spectroscopy
Author(s): El-Sayed I. Eid; Jeffrey J. Zarnowski; Frank S. Arnold; Joseph Carbone
Format Member Price Non-Member Price
PDF $17.00 $21.00

Paper Abstract

A new large format (512 X 512) charge injection device (CU)) imager was designed and fabricated for use in spectroscopy and other scientific instrumentation applications. Because of its large pixel size (28 urn X 28 urn) the imager design features wide dynamic range and extended spectral response. Additionally a pre-amplifier per row read-out architecture is employed to reduce read-out noise by an order of magnitude from that of a conventional read-out architecture. Initially the imager was fabricated using a commercial oxide-nitride CD process. Eventually an all-oxide CD process will be employed to fabricate the imager. The removal of the nitride is projected to reduce further the read-out noise as well as optimize the UV response. The imager is being integrated in an existing CPU-based scientific instrumentation camera. Among the features that will be demonstrated are: wide dynamic range low read-out noise improved spectral response virtually no-blooming random-access capability true non-destructive read-out and adaptive integration time. 1.

Paper Details

Date Published: 12 August 1992
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 1656, High-Resolution Sensors and Hybrid Systems, (12 August 1992); doi: 10.1117/12.135930
Show Author Affiliations
El-Sayed I. Eid, CID Technologies (United States)
Jeffrey J. Zarnowski, CID Technologies (United States)
Frank S. Arnold, CID Technologies (United States)
Joseph Carbone, CID Technologies (United States)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1656:
High-Resolution Sensors and Hybrid Systems
Morley M. Blouke; Winchyi Chang; Laurence J. Thorpe; Rajinder P. Khosla, Editor(s)

© SPIE. Terms of Use
Back to Top
PREMIUM CONTENT
Sign in to read the full article
Create a free SPIE account to get access to
premium articles and original research
Forgot your username?
close_icon_gray