A time-to-first spike CMOS image sensor with coarse temporal sampling

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-313

  Luo, Qiang ^a   Harris, John G ^a   Chen, Zhiliang J ^a  

^a Marvell Semiconducor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensor; Dynamic range; Time based sampling

Indexed keywords

CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; TIMING-VARYING THRESHOLD; ULTRA-WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); IMAGE SENSORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTODETECTORS; TIME VARYING NETWORKS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33646006092     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-006-5676-5     Document Type: Article

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