We present the results of a radiation test program for a 1-megapixel single-photon-counting and photon-number-resolving CMOS image sensor. The results include pre- and post-radiation values for dark current, voltage shift at the pixels’ output, read noise, quantum efficiency (QE), conversion gain, and photon counting ability. The Center for Detectors at the Rochester Institute of Technology exposed the sensor to a 50-krad(Si) dose of 60-MeV protons, equivalent to the dose absorbed over 10 11-year space missions at L2 with 1-cm aluminum shielding. The median dark current of the sensor increased from 0.00085 to |
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Dark current
CMOS sensors
Sensors
Tolerancing
Image sensors
Quantum reading
Quantum efficiency