Hang Xu;Jianbin Guo;Tianyang Feng;Peng Liao;Yafen Yang;Qingqing Sun;David Wei Zhang
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Abstract
In this work, we present a novel one-transistor active pixel sensor with enhanced strong light response based on a semi-floating gate (SFG) transistor. The proposed device employs a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor to store photo-generated holes from backside illumination, resulting in a larger full well capacity and improved light absorption characteristics. Our results demonstrate that the device exhibits an exceptionally wide light intensity response range, from ${1}.{0}\times {10} ^{-{6}}$ mW/cm2 to ${1}.{0}\times {10} ^{{2}}$ mW/cm2, achieving a substantial readout current difference exceeding $0.1~\mu $ A. Furthermore, the low light response can be enhanced by more than 8 times by adjusting the operating voltage. Under standard 0.13-$\mu $ m node, the fill factor is also improved by 30% without increase in cost and tenfold reduction is achieved in power consumption simultaneously.
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IEEE Electron Device Letters publishes original and significant contributions relating to the theory, modeling, design, performance and reliability of electron and ion integrated circuit devices and interconnects, involving insulators, metals, organic materials, micro-plasmas, semiconductors, quantum-effect structures, vacuum devices, and emerging materials with applications in bioelectronics, biomedical electronics, computation, communications, displays, microelectromechanics, imaging, micro-actuators, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, power ICs and micro-sensors.