Time-delay-integration architectures in CMOS image sensors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2524-2533

  Lepage, Gérald ^a   Bogaerts, Jan ^a   Meynants, Guy ^a  

^a CMOSIS NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic modulation transfer function (MTF); Image sensor; Optical transfer functions; Pushbroom; Time delay integration (TDI)

Indexed keywords

CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN COMPLEXITY; DYNAMIC MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); DYNAMIC RANGE; INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE; MATRIX; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PUSHBROOM; SENSOR ARCHITECTURES; TIME-DELAY INTEGRATION (TDI);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE SENSORS; INTERCHANGES; MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PIXELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; TIME DELAY;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 70350728659     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2030648     Document Type: Article

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