An embedded analog spatial filter design of the current-mode CMOS image sensor

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 945-951

  Hsiao, Pei Yung ^a   Hsu, Yu Chun ^b   Lee, Wen Ta ^c   Tsai, Chia Chun ^c   Lee, Chia Hao ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

ANALOG SPATIAL FILTER; COMPUTATION-ON-PIXEL; CURRENT MODE CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; EMBEDDED SENSOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 6944225384     PISSN: 00983063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2004.1341705     Document Type: Article

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