A 1/3″ VGA linear wide dynamic range CMOS image sensor implementing a predictive multiple sampling algorithm with overlapping integration intervals

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1487-1496

  Acosta Serafini, Pablo M ^a,b   Masaki, Ichiro ^a   Sodini, Charles G ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b ANALOG DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant light intensity responsivity; Machine vision; Multiple sampling technique; Wide dynamic range image sensors

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT LIGHT INTENSITY RESPONSIVITY; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS); MULTIPLE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE SENSORS;

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CAMERAS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER VISION; INTEGRATION; LIGHTING; SAMPLING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 4444299715     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.831611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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