Sensors 2008, 8(8), 4656-4668; doi:10.3390/s8084656
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Performance and Transient Behavior of Vertically Integrated Thin-film Silicon Sensors

Nicolas Wyrsch* email, Gregory Choongemail, Clément Miazza and Christophe Ballifemail
Institut de Microtechnique (IMT), University of Neuchâtel, Breguet 2, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 8 July 2008; in revised form: 5 August 2008 / Accepted: 6 August 2008 / Published: 8 August 2008
(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Switzerland)
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Abstract: Vertical integration of amorphous hydrogenated silicon diodes on CMOS readout chips offers several advantages compared to standard CMOS imagers in terms of sensitivity, dynamic range and dark current while at the same time introducing some undesired transient effects leading to image lag. Performance of such sensors is here reported and their transient behaviour is analysed and compared to the one of corresponding amorphous silicon test diodes deposited on glass. The measurements are further compared to simulations for a deeper investigation. The long time constant observed in dark or photocurrent decay is found to be rather independent of the density of defects present in the intrinsic layer of the amorphous silicon diode.
Keywords: Image sensor; monolithic integration; amorphous silicon

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Wyrsch, N.; Choong, G.; Miazza, C.; Ballif, C. Performance and Transient Behavior of Vertically Integrated Thin-film Silicon Sensors. Sensors 2008, 8, 4656-4668.

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Wyrsch N, Choong G, Miazza C, Ballif C. Performance and Transient Behavior of Vertically Integrated Thin-film Silicon Sensors. Sensors. 2008; 8(8):4656-4668.

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Wyrsch, Nicolas; Choong, Gregory; Miazza, Clément; Ballif, Christophe. 2008. "Performance and Transient Behavior of Vertically Integrated Thin-film Silicon Sensors." Sensors 8, no. 8: 4656-4668.

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