An image sensor with an in-pixel demodulation function for detecting the intensity of a modulated light signal

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 166-172

  Ohta, Jun ^a   Yamamoto, Koji ^a   Hirai, Takao ^a   Kagawa, Keiichiro ^a   Nunoshita, Masahiro ^a   Yamada, Masashi ^b   Yamasaki, Yasushi ^b   Sugishita, Shozo ^b   Watanabe, Kumihiro ^b  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Microsignal Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor; CMOS image sensor; Floating diffusion; Modulation light

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DEMODULATION; LIGHT MODULATION;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; FLOATING DIFFUSION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0037251195     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2002.806479     Document Type: Article

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