Lecture 21: Image Sensors (13)
colinsteidtmann

I wonder if this is more chemistry or electrical engineering or maybe physics

ttonyxx

I researched more into how CCD's worked and it's pretty interesting. A potential well is formed where each of the incoming photons are stored. There is a limit on the amount of electrons that can be stored under a pixel - known as the full well capacity - which is why we have a shutter to only let in light for a certain amount of time.

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