A log-polar image sensor fabricated in a standard 1.2-μm ASIC CMOS process

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1274-1277

  Wodnicki, Robert ^a,b   Roberts, Gordon W ^a   Levine, Martin D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological system modeling; Image sensor; Mixed analog digital integrated circuits

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER VISION; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOSFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

LOG POLAR CHARGE INTEGRATING SENSOR;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0031207021     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.604087     Document Type: Article

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