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A high dynamic range current-mode amplifier for computed tomography

Steadman et al., 2006

Document ID
7251037597689136124
Author
Steadman R
Vogtmeier G
Kemna A
Quossai S
Hosticka B
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE journal of solid-state circuits

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In this paper, we show a high dynamic range current-mode detector for computed tomography application. A regulated current mirror structure has been implemented at pixel level that provides with 17 bits dynamic range and a noise floor below 3 pARMS …
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    • H04N5/369—SSIS architecture; Circuitry associated therewith
    • H04N5/378—Readout circuits, e.g. correlated double sampling [CDS] circuits, output amplifiers or A/D converters
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    • H04N5/357—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N5/361—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to dark current
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