CMOS image sensors: State-of-the-art
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Article history: Available online 21 May 2008 The review of this paper was arranged by Jurriaan Schmitz 0038-1101/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.sse.2008.04.012 * Address: Delft University of Technology, Mekel Netherlands. E-mail addresses: [email protected] This paper gives an overview of the state-of-the-art of CMOS image sensors. The main focus is put on the shrinkage of the pixels : what is the effect on the performance characteristics of the imagers and on the various physical parameters of the camera ? How is the CMOS pixel architecture optimized to cope with the negative performance effects of the ever-shrinking pixel size ? On the other hand, the smaller dimensions in CMOS technology allow further integration on column level and even on pixel level. This will make CMOS imagers even smarter that they are already. 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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