A multisampling time-domain CMOS imager with synchronous readout circuit

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 151-159

  Campos, Fernando S ^a   Marinov, Ognian ^c   Faramarzpour, Naser ^c   Saffih, Fayçal ^c   Deen, M Jamal ^c   Swart, Jacobus W ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor; CMOS imager; Dynamic range; Fill factor

Indexed keywords

COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); COPYING; IMAGE SENSORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; ACTIVE PIXELS; CMOS IMAGER; CMOS IMAGERS; D FLIP FLOPS; DYNAMIC RANGE; FILL FACTORS; FILL-FACTOR; FIXED PATTERN NOISE; FRAME RATES; HIGH FRAME RATES; HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE; OFFSET VOLTAGE; PIXEL ARRAYS; PIXEL DATA; PIXEL SIZES; READ-OUT CIRCUIT; TIME DOMAINS; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

PIXELS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; REPROGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SENSITIVITY; SENSORS;

EID: 50849084451     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-008-9194-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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