A 256 × 256 CMOS imaging array with wide dynamic range pixels and column-parallel digital output

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2081-2090

  Decker, Steven ^a,b   McGrath, R Daniel ^a,c   Brehmer, Kevin ^a,d   Sodini, Charles G ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c POLAROID CORPORATION   (United States)

^d PixelCam Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor (APS); Analog digital conversion; CMOS analog integrated circuits; Image sensors; Smart pixels

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTODIODES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SMART PIXEL;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032317768     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.735551     Document Type: Article

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