Component · Photonics, MEMS & Sensors
Pinned photodiode
A buried photodiode with a heavily doped surface layer that pins the surface potential, producing low dark current, low noise and complete charge transfer to the readout node.
- Also known as
- PPD, Buried photodiode
- Type
- Component
- Domain
- Photonics, MEMS & Sensors, Image sensors
Notes
The invention that let CMOS sensors match and then beat CCD image quality from the 1990s onward.
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