Compact Thermal Diffusivity Sensors for On-Chip Thermal Management

Today’s systems-on-chip (SOCs) and microprocessors are complex systems that require multiple temperature sensors to monitor temperature variations in multiple spots on a single silicon die. For such thermal management applications, specialized compact and fast temperature sensors are required. This is necessary because executing an intensive...

The design of a 16*16 pixels CMOS image sensor with 0.5 e- RMS noise

Low noise image sensors can see images by just a few photons have a wide application in both the scientific and economic fields. This thesis presents a design of a 16*16 pixels CMOS image sensor with a target noise level in the order of 0.5 electrons RMS in 0.18?m technology, which has a potential to catch a large amount of low light imaging...