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| Title: | Active Pixel Sensors: Are CCD's Dinosaurs? |
| Authors: | Fossum, Eric R. |
| Issue Date: | Feb-1993 |
| Citation: | SPIE: Electronic Imaging
San Jose, CA |
| Abstract: | Charge-coupled devices (CCD's) are presently the technology of choice for most imaging applications. In the 23 years since their invention in 1970, they have evolved to a sophisticated level of performance. However, as with all technologies, we can be certain that they will be supplanted someday. In this paper, the Active Pixel Sensor (APS) technology is explored as a possible successor to the CCD. An active pixel is defined as a detector array technology that has at least one active transistor within the pixel unit cell. The APS eliminates the need for nearly perfect charge transfer -- the Achilles' heel of CCDs. This perfect charge transfer makes CCD's radiation "soft," difficult to use under low light conditions, difficult to manufacture in large array sizes, difficult to integrate with on-chip electronics, difficult to use at low temperatures, difficult to use at high frame rates, and difficult to manufacture in non-silicon materials that extend wavelength response. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/34869 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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