Six-million-pixel full-frame true 2-f CCD image sensor incorporating transparent gate technology and optional antiblooming protection

Eric J. Meisenzahl; Winchyi Chang; William Des Jardin; Stephen L. Kosman; Joseph E. Shepherd; Eric G. Stevens; Kwok Y. Wong

doi:10.1117/12.371090

25 November 1999 Six-million-pixel full-frame true 2-f CCD image sensor incorporating transparent gate technology and optional antiblooming protection

Eric J. Meisenzahl, Winchyi Chang, William Des Jardin, Stephen L. Kosman, Joseph E. Shepherd, Eric G. Stevens, Kwok Y. Wong

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Proceedings Volume 3764, Ultraviolet and X-Ray Detection, Spectroscopy, and Polarimetry III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.371090
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the performance of an advanced high- resolution full-frame architecture CCD imaging device for use in scientific, medical, and other high performance monochromatic digital still imaging applications. Of particular interest is the replacement of the polysilicon second gate electrode with that of a more spectrally transparent material, thereby dramatically improving device sensitivity. This has been achieved without compromising performance in other areas such as dark current, noise, transfer efficiency and, most importantly, yield. Devices have also been produced with and without antiblooming protection depending on an application's primary need for sensitivity or control of over-exposure conditions.

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Eric J. Meisenzahl, Winchyi Chang, William Des Jardin, Stephen L. Kosman, Joseph E. Shepherd, Eric G. Stevens, and Kwok Y. Wong "Six-million-pixel full-frame true 2-f CCD image sensor incorporating transparent gate technology and optional antiblooming protection", Proc. SPIE 3764, Ultraviolet and X-Ray Detection, Spectroscopy, and Polarimetry III, (25 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.371090

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