Analog VLSI architectures for motion processing: From fundamental limits to system applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 969-987

  Sarpeshkar, Rahul ^a   Kramer, Jörg ^a   Indiveri, Giacomo ^a   Koch, Christof ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARRAYS; CAPACITORS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CORRELATION METHODS; DIODES; ELECTRIC FILTERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERFORMANCE; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ADAPTIVE TIME CONSTANT; CORRELATION ALGORITHMS; MOTION PROCESSING; NONLINEAR FILTER; PHOTORECEPTORS;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030195675     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.503298     Document Type: Article

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