This paper reports high time-resolved imaging technique using a lateral electric field charge modulator with bipolar-gates. The proposed pixel structure achieved high time-resolved signal detection by using negative bias effect by work function difference between the p-type gate and p-substrate. The test chip fabricated in 0.11 um CIS technology demonstrates the high-speed charge modulation, and the modulation contrast is measured to be 97%.
Yuki Morikawa, Keita Yasutomi, Shoma Imanishi, Taishi Takasawa, Keiichiro Kagawa, Nobukazu Teranishi, Shoji Kawahito, "A Lateral Electric Field charge Modulator with Bipolar-gates for Time-resolved Imaging" in Proc. IS&T Int’l. Symp. on Electronic Imaging: Image Sensors and Imaging Systems, 2017, pp 64 - 67, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.11.IMSE-187