A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor image sensor with analog gamma correction using a nonlinear single-slope analog-to-digital converter

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 4 A, 2006, Pages 2522-2524

  Ham, Seogheon ^a,b   Jung, Wunki ^a   Lim, Seunghyun ^a   Lee, Yonghee ^b   Han, Gunhee ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensor; Gamma correction; Nonlinear analog to digital converter; Single slope ADC

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FABRICATION; MOS DEVICES; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; GAMMA CORRECTION; NONLINEAR ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER; PEAK-SIGNAL-TO-NOISE-RATIO (PSNR); SENSOR GAIN; SINGLE-SLOPE ADC;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 33645681117     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.2522     Document Type: Article

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