A 2-D Velocity- and Direction-Selective Sensor with BJT-Based Silicon Retina and Temporal Zero-Crossing Detector

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-247

  Jiang, Hsin Chin ^a   Wu, Chung Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) based silicon retina; CMOS motion selective sensor; Current input edge extractor; Direction selective sensing; Temporal zero crossings; Velocity selective sensing

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS;

BIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TRANSISTORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SILICON SENSORS;

EID: 0033078984     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.743787     Document Type: Article

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