Abstract
We present an analysis of dark current from a comple- mentary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) active pixels sensor with global shutter. The presence of two sources of dark current, one within the collection area of the and another within the sense node, present complications to correction of the dark current. The two sources are shown to generate unique and characteristic dark current behavior with respect to varying exposure time, temperature, and/or frame rate. In particular, a with storage time in the sense node will show a dark current dependence on frame rate and the appearance of being a stuck pixel with values independent of expo- sure time. On the other hand, a with an impurity located within the collection area will show no frame rate dependence, but rather a linear dependence on exposure time. A method of computing dark frames based on past dark current behavior of the sensor is pre- sented and shown to intrinsically compensate for the two different and unique sources. In addition, dark frames requiring subtraction of negative values, arising from the option to modify the bias offset, are shown to be appropriate and possible using the computational method. © 2011 SPIE and IS&T. (DOI: 10.1117/1.3533328)
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