ADC	analog to digital converter
BSI	backside illumination
CCD	charge coupled device
CDF	cumulative distribution function
CDS	correlated double sampling
CIS	CMOS image sensor
CMOS	complementary metal oxide semiconductor
CSL	column select
DN	digital number
DRAM	dynamic random access memory
FD	floating diffusion
FPGA	field programmable gate array
FPN	fixed pattern noise
FWC	full well capacity
FWHM	full width half maximum
ICDF	inverse cumulative distribution function
KTC noise	the thermal noise on a capacitor in the form of $\sqrt{k_{B}T/C}$
NAND Flash	a nonvolatile memory based on the NAND logic gate
NMOS	n-channel MOSFET
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MOSFET	metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
PD	photodiode
PDF	probability density function
PPD	pinned photodiode
ppm	part per million
PTC	photon transfer curve
PTO	probability of trap occupancy
PRNU	photo response non-uniformity
RN	random noise
RMS	root mean square
RTN	random telegraph noise
S/H	sample and hold
SF	source follower
SRAM	static random access memory
STI	shallow trench isolation
TG	transfer gate