<\/u>Most probably several readers of this blog were not yet born in September 1976, but exactly 40 years ago I started my career in solid-state imaging.\u00a0 Of course I could never ever have guessed that 40 years later I would be still involved in the same discipline.<\/p>\n
When I was facing the start of my\u00a0last year of the MSc-EE studies (at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) in September 1976, I had to choose a MSc thesis subject.\u00a0 Purely by coincidence I found an MSc thesis project in the team of Gilbert Declerck and under the daily guidance of Jan van der Spiegel, being a PhD candidate in the CCD group.\u00a0 The topic was based on the development of the hardware around a bi-linear CCD of 256 elements.\u00a0 The digital driving pulses as well as the analog signal processing needed to be designed and needed to be built on a breadboard. \u00a0The CCD needed to be synchronized to a rotating drum, just to show the principle and capabilities of the imaging device. \u00a0At that moment, 40 years ago, a bi-linear device of 256 elements was already something special.<\/p>\n
I remember that another PhD candidate, being Peter Schreurs, explained to me the basic principles of a CCD.\u00a0 I still can recall in which lab space it was. \u00a0It was Jan van der Spiegel who explained to me the technology of the CCDs and showed me how he made the design and lay-out of the devices.\u00a0 At that time, CCD image sensors were designed and fabricated in the clean room of the ESAT laboratory (Electonics, Systems, Automation, Technology).\u00a0 The environment and the atmosphere in the basement of the EE-building was a great stimulation in the learning process in the field of the \u201cyoung\u201d semiconductor technology.\u00a0 During the 9 months of the MSc thesis project, and especially for the hardware part of the task, I worked very closely together with Tony van Nuland.\u00a0 He thought me the practical ins and outs of digital and analog circuitry.\u00a0 Afterwards seen, this was the very basic start of a long and lasting career in solid-state imaging.<\/p>\n
Gilbert Declerck, the promotor of my MSc thesis, became later the CEO of IMEC; Jan van der Spiegel, my daily supervisor became professor at Penn State University in Philadephia (USA); Peter Schreurs who explained to me the working principles of CCDs started a career at Agfa and Tony van Nuland who helped me with the hardware became a specialist in the field of ion implantation and focused-ion beam techniques at the university\u2019s ESAT laboratory. \u00a0As you can judge, I was in good company ! \u00a0Thanks to all of you !<\/p>\n
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Albert, 22-09-2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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