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Frame-Based Smart IR Imagers

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Low-Power CMOS Digital Pixel Imagers for High-Speed Uncooled PbSe IR Applications

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The Smart imager approach depicted in Fig. 2.1 is conceived to exploit the pitch limitations of first VPD PbSe detector designs so as to minimize power density, and enhance both dynamic range and NETD\(\times \tau _{img}\) metrics of Sect. 1.2.

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  1. Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

    Josep Maria Margarit

  2. Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona - Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMB-CNM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

    Josep Maria Margarit

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Maria Margarit, J. (2017). Frame-Based Smart IR Imagers. In: Low-Power CMOS Digital Pixel Imagers for High-Speed Uncooled PbSe IR Applications. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49962-8_2

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