A smart CMOS image sensor with on-chip hot pixel correcting readout circuit for biomedical applications

Proceedings - 5th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Applications, DELTA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 103-107

  Cao, Yuan ^a   Tang, Fang ^a   Bermak, Amine ^a   Le, Thinh M ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; CMOS image sensor; Hot pixel correction

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; CMOS IMAGE SENSOR; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGH INTENSITY; HIGH PRESSURE; HOT PIXELS; IMAGE CAPTURES; NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES; ON CHIPS; READ-OUT CIRCUIT; REAL-TIME DETECTION; SENSOR DEVICE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE SENSORS; READOUT SYSTEMS;

PIXELS;

EID: 77952389543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DELTA.2010.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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