• DocumentCode
    1519980
  • Title

    Radiation Effects on CMOS Image Sensors With Sub-2 \\mu{\\rm m} Pinned Photodiodes

  • Author

    Place, S. ; Carrere, J.-P. ; Allegret, S. ; Magnan, P. ; Goiffon, V. ; Roy, F.

  • Author_Institution
    ST Microelectronics, Crolles, France
  • Volume
    59
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    909
  • Lastpage
    917
  • Abstract
    CMOS image sensor hardness under irradiation is a key parameter for application fields such as space or medical. In this paper, four commercial sensors featuring different technological characteristics (pitch, isolation or buried oxide) have been irradiated with ^{60}{\\rm Co} source. Based on dark current and temporal noise analysis, we develop and propose a phenomenological model to explain pixel performance degradation.
  • Keywords
    Dark current; Degradation; Doping; Logic gates; Photodiodes; Radiation effects; APS; Activation energy; CMOS 4T image sensor; dark current; irradiation; pinned photodiode; temporal noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2012.2193671
  • Filename
    6202748