A New Bipolar Imaging Device (BASIS)

A bipolar imaging device consisting of a capacitor loaded emitter follower circuit for a photo-transistor has been implemented into linear image sensors, which has capabilities of charge amplification and self-noise-reduction. The linear sensors are demonstrated experimentally to exhibit excellent performance such as a linearity in a wide dynamic range and a high sensitivity.

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