An ultra wide dynamic range CMOS image sensor with a linear response

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6068, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Park, Jong Ho ^a   Mase, Mitsuhito ^a   Kawahito, Shoji ^a   Sasaki, Masaaki ^b   Wakamori, Yasuo ^c   Ohta, Yukihiro ^d  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c YAMAHA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Hamamatsu Industrial Research Institute of Shizuoka Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensor; Column parallel ADC; Multiple exposure; Wide dynamic range

Indexed keywords

CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; COLUMN PARALLEL ADC; MULTIPLE EXPOSURE; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; READOUT SYSTEMS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 33645654025     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.642843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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