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A Review of the Pinned Photodiode for CCD and CMOS Image Sensors

E. Fossum, Donald B. Hondongwa

2014.2.17IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society

DOI: 10.1109/jeds.2014.2306412

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Review of pinned photodiode technology in CCD and CMOS image sensors.

Abstract

The pinned photodiode is the primary photodetector structure used in most CCD and CMOS image sensors. This paper reviews the development, physics, and technology of the pinned photodiode.

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FOSSUM, E.; HONDONGWA, Donald B. A review of the pinned photodiode for CCD and CMOS image sensors. IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 2014, 2: 33–43.