A low-power energy-harvesting logarithmic CMOS image sensor with reconfigurable resolution using two-level quantization scheme

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 80-84

  Law, M K ^a   Bermak, A ^a   Shi, C ^b  

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

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; low power CMOS image sensor; reconfigurable resolution; two level quantization

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTODIODES; PIXELS;

DYNAMIC POWER CONSUMPTION; LEVEL QUANTIZATION; LOGARITHMIC CMOS IMAGE SENSORS; LOGARITHMIC SENSORS; LOW POWER CMOS; RECONFIGURABLE; REDUCED RESOLUTION; SENSOR APPLICATIONS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79952039229     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2010.2104010     Document Type: Article

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