This article presents a global shutter (GS) high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a high-frame-rate CMOS image sensor (CIS) for in situ fluid concentration distribution measurements using absorption imaging. The pixel consists of a ultraviolet (UV)-visible-near infrared (NIR) waveband pinned photodiode (PD) with high robustness against UV light irradiation for various measurement objects, two-stage lateral overflow integration capacitors (LOFIC) for high dynamic range and high SNR, and a voltage-domain memory bank for GS. The developed prototype CIS with 22.4-μm pitch pixels exhibited 69.7-dB maximum SNR, 123-dB dynamic range, and 1000-frames/s maximum frame rate under single exposure GS and successfully captured images of dynamic movement of NO 2 gas concentration distribution in the vacuum chamber for 300-mm-diameter wafers. Index Terms-Absorption imaging, CMOS image sensor (CIS), global shutter (GS), lateral overflow integration capacitor (LOFIC), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), wide dynamic range (WDR).
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