A 1-mW CMOS temporal-difference AER sensor for wireless sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2586-2593

  Kim, Dongsoo ^a   Fu, Zhengming ^a   Park, Joon Hyuk ^a   Culurciello, Eugenio ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS image sensor; Low power; Smart image sensor; Smart sensor; Temporal difference; Wireless sensor networks (WSN)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; ADDRESS-EVENT REPRESENTATION; BULK CMOS; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; CONTINUOUS FRAMES; DIE SIZE; DIFFERENCE FRAME; FABRICATED SENSORS; FILL FACTOR; IMAGE SENSING; INTENSITY IMAGES; LOW POWER; POWER SUPPLY; SMART IMAGE SENSOR; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; TEST STRUCTURE;

DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE SENSORS; PIXELS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SMART SENSORS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70350731204     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2030591     Document Type: Article

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