Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 11, 654(2024)

Impact of dark current on pinned photo-diode capacitance of CMOS image sensor in low illumination regime

Suharwerdi Mohsin and Qazi Gausia
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Received: Jan. 2, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 25, 2024

Published Online: Dec. 25, 2024

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DOI:10.1007/s11801-024-4003-7

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