A high-dynamic-range integrating pixel with an adaptive logarithmic response

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1169-1171

  Cheng, Hsiu Yu ^a   Choubey, Bhaskar ^a   Collins, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive logarithmic pixel; Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor; Logarithmic pixel

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE LOGARITHMIC PIXEL; TRANSDUCTION METHOD;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTOCURRENTS;

PIXELS;

EID: 34547117378     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.901466     Document Type: Article

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