Charge-Injection devices readout

A charge injection device (CID) is very similar to a CCD as it consists also in a 2D grid of pixels on a semiconductor substrate. The main difference between the devices is that the readout process in a CID is a nondestructive readout... 

These Initial Investigations of the charge Injection device have Indicated that the device promises to be a successful detector for simultaneous multielement analysis In atomic emission spectrometry. The unique non-destructive readout, coupled with selective knockdown and pseudo-random addressing give the CID system capabilities unparalleled in any other detector available today. The device has been shown to have at least an adequate sensitivity, can be operated in a manner which reduces pixel cross talk, and the dynamic range of the system can be extended to virtually any desired level. 

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