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A large-area a-IGZO 256x256 imager using a current-mode transimpedance readout for mammography applications
Florian De Roose1, Sandro Tedde2, Kris Myny1, Siavash Ardekani1, Manoj Nag1, Marc Ameys1, Albert van Breemen3, Jan-Laurens van der Steen3, Roy Verbeek3, Hylke Akkerman3, Gerwin Gelinck3, Tim Piessens4, Jan Genoe1,5, Wim Dehaene5, Soeren Steudel1
1imec, Leuven, Belgium
2Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany
3Holst Centre / TNO, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
4ICsense, Leuven, Belgium
5KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate for the first time a large-area a-IGZO thin-film imager using current-mode active pixel. It is read out by a custom transimpedance IC, and has 3122e-noise and 71.4dB dynamic range.
Publisher: IISS (Int. Image Sensors Society)
Year: 2019
Workshop: IISW
URL: https://doi.org/10.60928/8u4h-yjy8
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Keywords

a-IGZO imager, transimpedance readout, mammography applications,

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