Sensors (Oct 2008)

Thin Film on CMOS Active Pixel Sensor for Space Applications

  • Juergen Sterzel,
  • Markus Schubert,
  • Uwe Schmidt,
  • Markus Nicke,
  • Franz Hutter,
  • Christine Harendt,
  • Heinz-Gerd Graf,
  • Joachim N. Burghartz,
  • Jan Dirk Schulze Spuentrup

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s8106340
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 10
pp. 6340 – 6354

Abstract

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A 664 x 664 element Active Pixel image Sensor (APS) with integrated analog signal processing, full frame synchronous shutter and random access for applications in star sensors is presented and discussed. A thick vertical diode array in Thin Film on CMOS (TFC) technology is explored to achieve radiation hardness and maximum fill factor.

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