Title :
Design of a multi-purpose silicon integrated optical sensor
Author :
Wang, Chunyan ; Ahmad, M. Omair ; Swamy, M.N.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Describes the design of a multi-purpose optical sensor that can realize a variety of optical signal sensing and processing functions. The silicon space required for implementing the sensor is about 50 /spl mu/m/spl times/50 /spl mu/m with a fill-factor greater than 40%, using a single-poly dual-metal 1.0-/spl mu/m CMOS technology. One version of the proposed sensor has been fabricated using a single-poly CMOS technology without any extra process and is currently being tested in the laboratory.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; elemental semiconductors; integrated circuit design; optical information processing; optical sensors; photodiodes; silicon; 1.0 micron; 50 micron; fill-factor; multi-purpose integrated optical sensor; optical signal processing functions; optical signal sensing; single-poly dual-metal CMOS technology; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Laboratories; Optical design; Optical sensors; Signal design; Signal processing; Silicon; Space technology; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1999 IEEE Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5579-2
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1999.807243
