High-dynamic-range CMOS image sensor for automotive applications

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 932-938

  Schanz, Michael ^a   Nitta, Christian ^b   Bußmann, Arndt ^b   Hosticka, Bedrich J ^b   Wertheimer, Reiner K ^c  

^a Assoc Elec Electron Info T   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c Center of Research and Engineering   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGE SENSORS; MULTIGAIN LINEAR READOUT;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0034225632     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.848200     Document Type: Article

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