A Cmos Currentmode Active Pixel Sensor For High Energy Physics And Biomedical Imaging Applications

• doi: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2009984
• title: A CMOS Current-Mode Active Pixel Sensor for High Energy Physics and Biomedical Imaging Applications
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn:
• issn: 1558-1578
• rank: 535
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Journals
• abstract: Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) using standard low cost CMOS technology available from industrial manufacturers have demonstrated excellent tracking performances for minimum ionizing particles and biomedical imaging applications. The need for highly granular, fast, thin sensor drives an R&D effort, aiming to optimize the intrinsic sensor performances. Following this main issue, we present a design of PhotoFET using CMOS submicron technology in this paper. This structure integrates advantageously an amplification using PMOS transistor inside the sensing element. This provides to the sensing element a high sensitivity to ionizing particles and a large dynamic range. The proposed PhotoFET has been implemented with a standard 0.35 mum CMOS process. In this paper, the PhotoFET architecture is presented and the main measured results are shown.
• article_number: 4782179
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4782179
• html_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4782179/
• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4782179/
• publication_title: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
• conference_location:
• conference_dates:
• publication_number: 23
• is_number: 4782128
• publication_year: 2009
• publication_date: Feb. 2009
• start_page: 346
• end_page: 353
• citing_paper_count: 9
• citing_patent_count: 0
• download_count: 399
• insert_date: 20090210
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • CMOS image sensors
    • Pixel
    • Biosensors
    • Biomedical imaging
    • CMOS technology
    • Costs
    • Manufacturing industries
    • Particle tracking
    • MOSFETs
    • Dynamic range
  • author_terms:
    • CMOS sensors
    • correlated double sampling
    • current mode signal processing
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Active Sensors
    • Sensor Pixel
    • Biomedical Imaging Applications
    • Active Pixel Sensor
    • Dynamic Range
    • Large Dynamic Range
    • CMOS Process
    • Standard CMOS
    • Peak Position
    • Current Source
    • Current Regulations
    • Charged Particles
    • Operation Principle
    • Thermal Diffusivity
    • Number Of Charges
    • Particle Detection
    • DC Bias
    • Germanium Detector
    • HPGe
    • Silicon Detector
    • Semiconductor Detector
    • Silicon Strip Detectors
    • Sensitivity Of The Device
    • Charge Collection
    • Kinds Of Sensors
    • Diode Current
    • Conversion Gain
    • Flicker Noise
    • Radiation Tolerance
    • Radiation Hardness
    • Current Amplifier
    • Implementation Of Sensors
    • Equivalent Charge
    • Visible Light Images
    • Charge Collection Efficiency
• authors:
  • Author Name: Sbastien Heini
    Affiliation: Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37688104100
    ID: 37688104100
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
  • Author Name: Abdelkader Himmi
    Affiliation: Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37277341500
    ID: 37277341500
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
  • Author Name: Christine Hu-Guo
    Affiliation: Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38271523900
    ID: 38271523900
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
  • Author Name: Marc Winter
    Affiliation: Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37277330700
    ID: 37277330700
    Order: 4
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
  • Author Name: Yann Hu
    Affiliation: Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37308883100
    ID: 37308883100
    Order: 5
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Recherches Subatomique, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert-Curien, Strasbourg, France
  • Author Name: Zhenan Tang
    Affiliation: Department of Electronics Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37289979000
    ID: 37289979000
    Order: 6
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Electronics Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CMOS
• resolution: 16 x 64 pixels
• dynamic_range: several tens of dB
• pixel_size: 20 µm x 20 µm
• dark_current: few fA

Optical Data

• focal_length: Not specified
• aperture: Not specified
• field_of_view: Not specified
• distortion: Not specified

Performance Metrics

• frame_rate: up to 50 MHz
• sensitivity: 105 pA/electron
• noise: 9 LSB (equivalent to 29 electrons at the input)

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Widely used for particle detection in high energy physics and biomedical imaging.
• benefits: High sensitivity, better gain, large output dynamic range.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: GSI Darmstadt, Germany, and IPHC Strasbourg, France.

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: Feb. 2009

Relevancy Score

• score: 9
• missing_fields:
  • focal_length
  • aperture
  • field_of_view
  • distortion
  • signal_to_noise_ratio
  • shutter_speed
  • power_consumption

Processed JSON Filename

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