"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The fundamentals -- 1.1. Introduction--what is an image sensor and what does it do? -- 1.2. Charge generation -- 1.3. Charge collection -- 1.4. Charge transfer -- 1.5. Charge conversion -- 1.6. pn junction -- 1.7. MOS capacitor -- 1.8. MOS transistor -- 1.9. Source follower2. CMOS pixel architectures -- 2.1. History an…