CMOS photodetector systems for low-level light applications

In this work, we have designed, fabricated and measured the performance of three different active pixel sensor (APS) structures. These APS structures are studied in the context of applications that require low-level light detection systems. The three APS structures studied were—a conventional APS, an APS with a comparator, and an APS with an integrator. A special focus of our study was on both the signal and noise characteristics of each APS …