Design of bipolar imaging devices (BASIS): analysis of random noise

@article{Nakamura1992DesignOB,
 title={Design of bipolar imaging devices (BASIS): analysis of random noise},
 author={Yoshio Nakamura and Hayao Ohzu and Mamoru Miyawaki and Akira Ishizaki and Tetsunobu Kochi and T. Ohmi},
 journal={IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices},
 year={1992},
 volume={39},
 pages={1341-1349},
 url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:110500120}
}
A design methodology for a bipolar imaging device, the base-stored image sensor (BASIS), has been established by theoretical analysis and experimental verification for random noise. The random noise in BASIS is dominated by the shot noise in readout and transient reset operation. The theoretical analysis has been carried out by introducing the probability density functions for these operations. The readout noise depends on the base-to-collector junction capacitance C/sub bc/, the emitter common...

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