Image Sensors in Tfa Technology - Status and Future Trends

Image sensors in TFA (Thin Film on ASIC) technology have been successfully fabricated and tested. This paper provides a survey of TFA research results so far and outlines future perspectives. The properties of different a-Si:H b/w and color thin film detectors are evaluated, including spectral sensitivity, dark current, temperature influence and transient behavior. Furthermore several TFA prototypes and emerging concepts are presented, ranging from a simple one-transistor cell design to a locally autoadaptive sensor.