May 2014
Intermediate to advanced
476 pages
14h 38m
English
S. Nikzad, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
This chapter briefly describes some elements of physics and materials that constitute the essential criteria for producing high-performance silicon imagers. In particular, the chapter discusses back illumination and passivation of surface states as a key approach for enabling high performance in silicon imagers, independent of their electronic readout structure. The chapter provides a brief review of silicon imaging arrays, applications in planetary exploration and astronomy, as well as a brief mention of specific cases in the commercial and medical fields. ...
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