Experimental characterization of a CMOS pixel with a tunable color space

CIC18 2010 - 18th Color and Imaging Conference: Color Science and Engineering Systems, Technologies, and Applications, Technical Papers and Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 166-171

  Langfelder, Giacomo ^a   Buffa, Cesare ^a   Longoni, Antonio ^a   Zaraga, Federico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; COLOR ACCURACY; COLOR CONVERSIONS; COLOR DETECTION; COLOR DEVICES; COLOR FILTERS; COLOR RECONSTRUCTION; COLOR REPRODUCTION; COLOR SEPARATION; COLOR SPACE; DUAL USE; ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; MACBETH; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD; TRANSVERSE FIELD; TUNABLE COLOR; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; PIXELS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

COLOR;

EID: 84856707957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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