Low-Noise CMOS Image Sensors for Radio-Molecular Imaging

Doctoral thesis (2012)

Authors

Contributors

A.J.P. Theuwissen (promotor)
Department
Microelectronics & Computer Engineering (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2012 Chen, Y.
Medical imaging CMOS image sensor Low-noise imager
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Published Date

23-01-2012

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ISBN:

9789461911476

Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics & Computer Engineering

Abstract

This thesis presents the development of low-noise CMOS image sensors for radio-molecular imaging. The development is described in two directions: firstly, from the technology point of view to reduce the pixel noise level, and secondly from the design point of view to reduce the pixel readout circuits noise level. With respect to the SNR and readout noise, the low-noise CMOS imager proposed in this thesis shows a promising performance for the new gamma-ray detector for radio-molecular imaging.