Sensors 2008, 8(10), 6340-6354; doi:10.3390/s8106340
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Thin Film on CMOS Active Pixel Sensor for Space Applications

Jan Dirk Schulze Spuentrup 1,* email, Joachim N. Burghartz 1 email, Heinz-Gerd Graf 1 email, Christine Harendt 1 email, Franz Hutter 1 email, Markus Nicke 2 email, Uwe Schmidt 2 email, Markus Schubert 3 email and Juergen Sterzel 2 email
1 Institut fuer Mikroelektronik Stuttgart, Allmandring 30a, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
2 Jena-Optronik GmbH, 07745 Jena, Germany
3 Institut fuer Physikalische Elektronik Universitaet Stuttgart / 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 8 September 2008; in revised form: 23 September 2008 / Accepted: 8 October 2008 / Published: 13 October 2008
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrated High-performance Imagers)
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Abstract: 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.
Keywords: imager; APS; star sensor; global shutter; radiation hardness

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Schulze Spuentrup, J.D.; Burghartz, J.N.; Graf, H.-G.; Harendt, C.; Hutter, F.; Nicke, M.; Schmidt, U.; Schubert, M.; Sterzel, J. Thin Film on CMOS Active Pixel Sensor for Space Applications. Sensors 2008, 8, 6340-6354.

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Schulze Spuentrup J.D., Burghartz J.N., Graf H.-G., Harendt C., Hutter F., Nicke M., Schmidt U., Schubert M., Sterzel J. Thin Film on CMOS Active Pixel Sensor for Space Applications. Sensors. 2008; 8(10):6340-6354.

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Schulze Spuentrup, Jan Dirk; Burghartz, Joachim N.; Graf, Heinz-Gerd; Harendt, Christine; Hutter, Franz; Nicke, Markus; Schmidt, Uwe; Schubert, Markus; Sterzel, Juergen. 2008. "Thin Film on CMOS Active Pixel Sensor for Space Applications." Sensors 8, no. 10: 6340-6354.

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