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D-Index
74
Citations
20121
World Ranking
718
National Ranking
319

Eric R. Fossum publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric R. Fossum sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 380 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Eric R. Fossum D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric R. Fossum sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For inventing and developing the CMOS active-pixel image sensor and camera-on-a-chip.
  • 2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 1998 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to image sensors and on-chip image processing.

Overview

Eric R. Fossum is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States and specializes in research primarily within engineering and physics and astronomy. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, biophysics, aerospace engineering, and radiation.

The scientist's main topics of research include CCD and CMOS imaging sensors, advanced optical sensing technologies, analog and mixed-signal circuit design, infrared target detection methodologies, radiation detection and scintillator technologies, advanced semiconductor detectors and materials, and advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques.

Frequent publication venues for Eric R. Fossum include arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Sensors, IISS online library, and Electronic Imaging.

  • Review of Quanta Image Sensors for Ultralow-Light Imaging, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • Pixel-wise programmability enables dynamic high-SNR cameras for high-speed microscopy, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Analog Read Noise and Quantizer Threshold Estimation From Quanta Image Sensor Bit Density, 2022, IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society
  • Simulation and design of a burst mode 20Mfps global shutter high conversion gain CMOS image sensor in a standard 180nm CMOS image sensor process using sequential transfer gates, 2023, Electronic Imaging
  • Early Research Progress on Quanta Image Sensors, 2024, IISS online library

Eric R. Fossum has collaborated frequently with researchers such as Zhehui Wang, Jifeng Liu, Jiaju Ma, Xin Yue, and Kaitlin M. Anagnost.

Awards and recognitions include election as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2013 for inventing and developing the CMOS active-pixel image sensor and camera-on-a-chip. They were named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2012 and recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 1998 for contributions to image sensors and on-chip image processing.

Best Publications

  • CMOS image sensors: Electronic camera-on-a-chip

    Eric R. Fossum

  • Method of acquiring an image from an optical structure having pixels with dedicated readout circuits

    Eric R. Fossum;Sunetra Mendis;Sabrina E. Kemeny

  • Active Pixel Sensors: Are CCD's Dinosaurs?

    Eric R. Fossum

  • CMOS active pixel image sensors for highly integrated imaging systems

    S.K. Mendis;S.E. Kemeny;R.C. Gee;B. Pain

  • CMOS active pixel sensor type imaging system on a chip

    Eric R. Fossum;Robert Nixon

  • A Review of the Pinned Photodiode for CCD and CMOS Image Sensors

    Eric R. Fossum;Donald B. Hondongwa

  • 256/spl times/256 CMOS active pixel sensor camera-on-a-chip

    R.H. Nixon;S.E. Kemeny;B. Pain;C.O. Staller

  • Optischer sensor mit breitem dynamischem bereich

    H. Jon Bechtel;R. Eric Fossum;E. Sabrina Kemeny;S. Joseph Stam

  • CMOS active pixel image sensor

    S. Mendis;S.E. Kemeny;E.R. Fossum

  • Vehicle vision system

    Jon H. Bechtel;Joseph S. Stam;Eric R. Fossum;Sabrina E. Kemeny

  • Wide intrascene dynamic range CMOS APS using dual sampling

    O. Yadid-Pecht;E.R. Fossum

  • Vehicle headlamp control utilizing a light sensor having at least two light transducers

    Jon H. Bechtel;Frederick T. Bauer;Joseph S. Stam;Robert C. Knapp

  • Active pixel sensor array with multiresolution readout

    Eric R. Fossum;Sabrina E. Kemeny;Bedabrata Pain

  • An image sensor with high dynamic range linear output

    Orly Yadid-Pecht;Eric C. Fossum

  • Solid-state image sensor with focal-plane digital photon-counting pixel array

    Eric R. Fossum;Bedabrata Pain

  • Progress in CMOS active pixel image sensors

    Sunetra K. Mendis;Sabrina E. Kemeny;Russell C. Gee;Bedabrata Pain

  • Capacitively coupled successive approximation ultra low power analog-to-digital converter

    Eric R. Fossum;Zhimin Zhou;Bedabrata Pain

  • A 128/spl times/128 CMOS active pixel image sensor for highly integrated imaging systems

    S.K. Mendis;S.E. Kemeny;E.R. Fossum

  • Infrared readout electronics for space-science sensors: state of the art and future directions

    Eric R. Fossum;Bedabrata Pain

  • On-focal-plane analog-to-digital conversion for current-mode imaging devices

    Bedabrata Pain;Junichi Nakamura;Eric R. Fossum

Frequent Co-Authors

Bedabrata Pain
Bedabrata Pain California Institute of Technology
Orly Yadid-Pecht
Orly Yadid-Pecht University of Calgary
Jon H. Bechtel
Jon H. Bechtel Gentex (United States)
Richard M. Osgood
Richard M. Osgood Columbia University
Paul R. Prucnal
Paul R. Prucnal Princeton University
Jifeng Liu
Jifeng Liu Dartmouth College
Joseph S. Stam
Joseph S. Stam Gentex (United States)
R. A. Mewaldt
R. A. Mewaldt California Institute of Technology
Shui-Qing Yu
Shui-Qing Yu University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Gregory J. Salamo
Gregory J. Salamo University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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