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Characterization And Modeling Of Nonlinear Dark Current In Digital Imagers, Justin Charles Dunlap
Characterization And Modeling Of Nonlinear Dark Current In Digital Imagers, Justin Charles Dunlap
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Dark current is an unwanted source of noise in images produced by digital imagers, the de facto standard of imaging. The two most common types of digital imager architectures, Charged-Coupled Devices (CCDs) and Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS), are both prone to this noise source. To accurately reflect the information from light signals this noise must be removed. This practice is especially vital for scientific purposes such as in astronomical observations.
Presented in this dissertation are characterizations of dark current sources that present complications to the traditional methods of correction. In particular, it is observed that pixels in both CCDs and CMOS …