Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 46, Issue 1, 180(2025)

Test Methods for Radiation Damage Effects on CMOS Image Sensors

WANG Zujun
Author Affiliations
  • National Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, CHN
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    Received: Dec. 22, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2025

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    DOI:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.20241222001

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