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Design and analysis of a 512/spl times/768 current-mediated active pixel array image sensor

McIlrath et al., 1997

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18390198731192438962
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McIlrath L
Clark V
Duane P
McGrath R
Waskurak W
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

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Current-mediated, current-output active pixels offer the advantages of compact size and simple operation in designing large format CMOS image sensors, with performance limited by spatial fixed pattern noise. In this paper, a thorough noise analysis is made of the …
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