Monolithic Schottky-barrier infrared image sensor with 71% fill factor

Hirofumi Yagi; Naoki Yutani; Junji Nakanishi; Masafumi Kimata; Masahiro Nunoshita; Toshiki Seto; Mikio Kamei

doi:10.1117/12.165816

1 May 1994 Monolithic Schottky-barrier infrared image sensor with 71% fill factor

Hirofumi Yagi, Naoki Yutani, Junji Nakanishi, Masafumi Kimata, Masahiro Nunoshita, Toshiki Seto, Mikio Kamei

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 5, (May 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165816

Abstract

An improved 512 x 512-element PtSi Schottky-barrier IR image sensor (512 x 512 IRCSD) has been developed using the charge sweep device (CSD) readout architecture and 1.2-μm minimum design rules. Finer pattern process technology enhances the advantage of the CSD readout architecture, enlarging the fill factor without sacrificing the saturation signal level. A large fill factor of 71% is achieved in spite of a small pixel size of 26 x 20 μm². At the Schottky-barrier detector reset voltage of 4 V, the differential temperature response with f/1.2 optics at 300 K and saturation signal level were 3.2 x 10⁴ electrons/K and 2.9 x 10⁶ electrons, respectively. The noise equivalent temperature difference was estimated as 0.033 K with f/1.2 optics at 300 K. The improved 512 x 512 IRCSD was designed to be operated either in the field or frame integration interlace modes for versatility.

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Hirofumi Yagi, Naoki Yutani, Junji Nakanishi, Masafumi Kimata, Masahiro Nunoshita, Toshiki Seto, and Mikio Kamei "Monolithic Schottky-barrier infrared image sensor with 71% fill factor," Optical Engineering 33(5), (1 May 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165816

Published: 1 May 1994

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