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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

A Programmable Readout Pixel Image Sensor.

Joseph P Lazzaro, Karthik R Venkatesan, Eric R Fossum

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Joseph P LazzaroThayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-8911-9928
Karthik R VenkatesanThayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-4117-1901
Eric R FossumThayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6232-0515

Funding

OPTICAL CHERENKOV IMAGING DOSIMETRY IN HUMAN RADIOTHERAPYR01EB023909 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI GLADSTONE, DAVID J., JARVIS, LESLEY A · 2017 to 2024
$4.4M
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory W911NF-23-S-0001NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB023909NIH HHS R01EB023909U.S. National Science Foundation DGE- 2125733
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, a pixel architecture that can be re-programmed to favor low noise, high speed, high dynamic range, or other characteristics desired in scientific imaging is proposed. Termed a programmable readout (PRO) pixel, this novel design combines a pinned photodiode, a deep-buried-channel CCD router, and multiple in-pixel amplifiers of different characteristics. By clocking the CCD router with different sequences, photogenerated charge can be steered to an appropriate readout amplifier given the application. The CCD router can be further programmed to store charge from multiple frames. The concept of such a pixel and its operation are described in detail and TCAD simulations aid in this discussion. To demonstrate this concept of programmability, a test chip is made with a CCD router and two in-pixel amplifiers: a floating diffusion amplifier (FDA) for fast readout and high-illumination imaging and a floating gate amplifier (FGA) for a low-noise Skipper-in-CMOS readout for low-light imaging. The test chip contains a 36 × 94 array of 20 µm pixels and contains 9 different pixel variants for experimental analysis. At the end of the paper, preliminary images captured from the different amplifiers are presented which demonstrate the ability to move charge to the selected readout while showcasing the different output characteristics of the two readout amplifiers. Furthermore, the output image from the Skipper-in-CMOS is compared across different numbers of non-destructive samples to demonstrate its noise-reduction capability.

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CCD-in-CMOScharge-coupled deviceCMOS image sensordeep sub-electron read noiseSkipper-in-CMOS

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PMID42655554
PMCPMC13517191

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