CMOS active pixel image sensors for highly integrated imaging systems

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-196

  Mendis, Sunetra K ^{a,b,c,f,g,h,i}   Kemeny, Sabrina E ^a,b,d   Gee, Russell C ^a,b,e   Pain, Bedabrata ^a,b   Staller, Craig O ^b   Kim, Quiesup ^a,b   Fossum, Eric R ^a,b,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^d Photobit   (United States)

^e INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^f LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

ⁱ Tech Staff at AT and T Bell Labs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor; Cameras; CMOS image sensor

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; PHOTODIODES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUITS;

ACTIVE PIXEL IMAGE SENSORS; ONCHIP SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITRY;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0031079143     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.551910     Document Type: Article

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