A digital high dynamic range CMOS image sensor with multi-integration and pixel readout request

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6501, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Guilvard, Alexandre ^a   Segura, Josep ^a   Magnan, Pierre ^b   Martin Gonthier, Philippe ^b  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Event driven readout chain; High dynamic range CMOS image sensor; In pixel ADC; Multiple integrations

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PIXELS; READOUT SYSTEMS;

EVENT DRIVEN READOUT CHAINS; MULTIPLE INTEGRATIONS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 34548219469     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.704207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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