True or False: CCDs use more power than CMOS. - correct answer ✔✔true
True or False: CCDs use more than 100x the power than a CMOS. - correct answer ✔✔true
What turns semiconductors into full electrical conductors? - correct answer ✔✔dopants
The components that focus the signal from the scintillators to the CCD are called: - correct answer
✔✔fiber optics
Which statement best describes a charge-coupled device (CCD)? - correct answer ✔✔it is the oldest
indirect conversion technology used in a variety of image capture applications
When specialized pixels in a complementary metal oxide silicon system are struck with x-ray photons: -
correct answer ✔✔the x-ray photons are converted to light
light photons are stored in capacitors
light photons are converted into electrical charges
Quantum efficiency is a measurement of the: - correct answer ✔✔amount of electrons produced
relative to the incident light from the scintillator
True or False: the number of electron-hole pairs produced is related to the amount of light absorbed. -
correct answer ✔✔true
Some advantages to CCDs include: - correct answer ✔✔module design makes repairs and upgrades easy
The most popular base material used in integrated circuits is: - correct answer ✔✔silicon
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