Editorial Special Issue On Lowpower Arrays

• doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2166610
• title: Editorial - Special Issue on Low-Power Arrays
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn:
• issn: 2379-9153
• rank: 2342
• access_type: EPHEMERA
• content_type: Journals
• abstract: The papers contributed to this Special Issue were inspired by the papers presented at the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) and the 2009 IEEE Sensors conference. In both of these international events, we have initiated special sessions regarding low-power imager arrays and low-power memory arrays. The growing field of "smart sensors" triggered our attention to the fact that it has been a while since such a special Issue was provided on this subject, especially with emphasis on low power. The incentive was the recent results, showing that advanced concepts utilized in one niche implemented for large arrays, can be actually beneficial for the other. Moreover, there are systems on-chip where both kind of arrays are implemented, and leverage can be sought. This gives analog and digital designers another boost for developing creative circuit solutions for low-power array based systems. Also, technology and engineering progress have enabled Active Pixel Sensors (APS) in CMOS to compete with Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) in imaging quality and to surpass them in focal-plane image processing applications, especially for low-power systems such as the cellphone. All these developments seem to show that the field of low-power sensor and memory arrays will be exciting and growing in the future. The papers in this Special Issue cover a broad range of topics, such as smart sensory arrays, new concepts for memory design, and integrated systems. The papers also come from four different continents. We have gathered the Special Issue papers in three groups. The first is image sensor array papers, the second is newmemory array design papers, and the last is other integrated arrays.
• article_number: 6145799
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• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6145799/
• publication_title: IEEE Sensors Journal
• conference_location:
• conference_dates:
• publication_number: 7361
• is_number: 6145763
• publication_year: 2012
• publication_date: April 2012
• start_page: 717
• end_page: 719
• citing_paper_count: 0
• citing_patent_count: 0
• download_count: 657
• insert_date: 20120206
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • Special issues and sections
    • CMOS image sensors
    • Arrays
    • Image sensors
• authors:
  • Author Name: Orly Yadid-Pecht
    Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38298354100
    ID: 38298354100
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
  • Author Name: Alexander Fish
    Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268457100
    ID: 37268457100
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
  • Author Name: Kaushik Roy
    Affiliation: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37274519700
    ID: 37274519700
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CMOS
• resolution: not specified
• dynamic_range: wide dynamic range
• pixel_size: not specified
• dark_current: not specified

Optical Data

• focal_length: not specified
• aperture: not specified
• field_of_view: not specified
• distortion: not specified

Performance Metrics

• power_consumption: lowest power consumption cited was 84 pW/Frame
• noise: temporal noise and fixed-pattern noise mentioned

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: smartphones, medical devices, automotive systems
• benefits: enables digital imaging, enhances sensitivity and resolution

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: not specified

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: April 2012

Relevancy Score

• score: 10
• missing_fields:
  • resolution
  • pixel_size
  • dark_current
  • focal_length
  • aperture
  • field_of_view
  • distortion
  • frame_rate
  • signal_to_noise_ratio
  • sensitivity
  • shutter_speed

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