A color CMOS imager with 4 × 4 white-RGB color filter array for increased low-illumination signal-to-noise ratio

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2398-2402

  Honda, Hiroto ^a   Iida, Yoshinori ^a   Egawa, Yoshitaka ^a   Seki, Hiromichi ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayer; CMOS image sensor (CIS); Color filter array (CFA); Panchromatic; Sensitivity; Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

BAYER; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR (CIS); COLOR FILTER ARRAY (CFA); PANCHROMATIC; SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR);

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; COLOR; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; EDGE DETECTION; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

PIXELS;

EID: 70350724396     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2030630     Document Type: Article

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