A CMOS/LCOS image transceiver chip for smart goggle applications

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-273

  Efron, U ^a,b   David, I ^b   Sinelnikov, V ^b   Apter, B ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CMOS imager; Combined imager display; Head mounted display; Liquid crystal display; Smart Goggle

Indexed keywords

GOGGLES; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY; IMAGE TRANSCEIVER CHIP; LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULATOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 1642389253     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2003.819180     Document Type: Article

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