WORKSHOP PAPER
Advanced Active Deep Trench Designs for Enhanced Charge Transfer Performances in CCD-on-CMOS Image Sensor
Abstract
New designs of active deep trench (CDTI) CCD-on-CMOS are described and characterized: A two-phase pixel with a built-in electric field, enabling highly efficient charge transfer with minimum dark current, and a novel four-phase pixel. The effects of pixel pitch and transfer time are discussed.Keywords
Charge transfer, CDTI, CCD-on-CMOS, Pixel pitch, Transfer time,References
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