Application of low-noise CID imagers in scientific instrumentation cameras

Joseph Carbone; J. Hutton; Frank S. Arnold; Jeffrey J. Zarnowski; S. VanGorden; Michael J. Pilon; Mark V. Wadsworth

doi:10.1117/12.45327

1 July 1991 Application of low-noise CID imagers in scientific instrumentation cameras

Joseph Carbone, J. Hutton, Frank S. Arnold, Jeffrey J. Zarnowski, S. VanGorden, Michael J. Pilon, Mark V. Wadsworth

Proceedings Volume 1447, Charge-Coupled Devices and Solid State Optical Sensors II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45327
Event: Medical Imaging '91, 1991, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

CIDTEC has developed a PC-based instrumentation camera incorporating a preamplifier per row CID imager and a microprocessor/LCA camera controller. The camera takes advantage of CID X-Y addressability to randomly read individual pixels and potentially overlapping pixel subsets in true nondestructive (NDRO) as well as destructive readout modes. Using an oxy- nitride fabricated CID and the NDRO readout technique, pixel full well and noise levels of approximately 1*106 and 40 electrons, respectively, were measured. Data taken from test structures indicates noise levels (which appear to be 1/f limited) can be reduced by a factor of two by eliminating the nitride under the preamplifier gate. Due to software programmability, versatile readout capabilities, wide dynamic range, and extended UV/IR capability, this camera appears to be ideally suited for use in spectroscopy and other scientific applications.

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Joseph Carbone, J. Hutton, Frank S. Arnold, Jeffrey J. Zarnowski, S. VanGorden, Michael J. Pilon, and Mark V. Wadsworth "Application of low-noise CID imagers in scientific instrumentation cameras", Proc. SPIE 1447, Charge-Coupled Devices and Solid State Optical Sensors II, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45327

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