A Review of the Pinned Photodiode for CCD and CMOS Image Sensors

2014/02/17 by Eric R. Fossum, Donald Hondongwa · 5 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #CMOS #CMOS sensor #Image Processing Techniques and Applications #Image sensor #Optics #Optoelectronics #Photodetector #Photodiode #Physics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1109/jeds.2014.2306412

openalex publication_date 2014/02/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

The pinned photodiode is the primary photodetector structure used in most CCD and CMOS image sensors. This paper reviews the development, physics, and technology of the pinned photodiode.

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