A new Dark Current Suppression (DCS) CMOS readout circuits for large format Quantum-Well-Infrared Photo-detector (QWIP) Focal-Plane-Array (FPA) with novel Correlated-Double-Sampling (CDS) structure based on dynamic source-follower are proposed, which can overcome the drawbacks of the present techniques, such as sensitive to the non-uniformity of the QWIP materials, poor readout noise features, low frame frequency, limited injection efficiency and dynamic range, etc. The dummy is adopted to realize dark current suppression, while the cascode current mirror (with current ratio of 1:10) can increase charge sensitivity and reduce integration time. Through the novel CDS structure, the output waveform is boxcar, and the frame frequency is increased. Simulation results demonstrate that, in high background sense, the proposed DCS circuit can suppress the dark current, achieve good readout performance, such as low power consumption, high charge sensitivity, high resolution, large dynamic range, and insensitive to the non-uniformity of the QWIP materials.
基于电流镜积分读出电路的X射线CMOS图像传感器 (CMI X IS)的原理 ,并对电流镜积分读出电路进行了计算机模拟。对CMI X IS的性能参数进行了测试 ,并对光电转换特性曲线进行了分析。设计了CMI X IS的应用电路 ,得到了不同密度、不同尺寸材料的视频信号波形。测试结果和实验表明 ,CMI X IS具有较低的暗噪声、较大的响应度、较高的输出电压和较宽的动态范围 ,可以应用于X射线实时成像检测领域。
