Standard Cmos Active Pixel Image Sensors For Multimedia Applications

• doi: 10.1109/ARVLSI.1995.515622
• title: Standard CMOS active pixel image sensors for multimedia applications
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn: 0-8186-7074-9
• issn:
• rank: 3624
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Conferences
• abstract: The task of image acquisition is completely dominated by CCD-based sensors fabricated on specialized process lines. These devices provide an essentially passive means of detecting photons and moving image data across chip. We argue that line widths in standard CMOS have been reduced to the point where it is practical to locate transistors-and hence provide gain-within each detector of an imager fabricated in CMOS. In this paper we describe the image sensors we have been building in this technology. They use far less power, permit random access and can be integrated with arbitrary digital CMOS logic to create low cost single chip video cameras with advanced functionality. Ongoing work includes the development of a color filter array process and the fabrication of a 1024/spl times/1024 pixel sensor for multimedia video and document capture applications.
• article_number: 515622
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=515622
• html_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/515622/
• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/515622/
• publication_title: Proceedings Sixteenth Conference on Advanced Research in VLSI
• conference_location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
• conference_dates: 27-29 March 1995
• publication_number: 3881
• is_number: 11305
• publication_year: 1995
• publication_date: 27-29 March 1995
• start_page: 214
• end_page: 224
• citing_paper_count: 17
• citing_patent_count: 71
• download_count: 289
• insert_date: 20020806
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • CMOS image sensors
    • Pixel
    • Image sensors
    • Sensor arrays
    • Optoelectronic and photonic sensors
    • Detectors
    • CMOS technology
    • CMOS logic circuits
    • Cost function
    • Digital cameras
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Image Sensor
    • Camera Sensor
    • Active Sensors
    • Multimedia Applications
    • Multimedia Software
    • Standard CMOS
    • Linewidth
    • Random Access
    • Sensor Pixel
    • Loading Control
    • Reduction In Capacity
    • Voltage Levels
    • Analog Signal
    • Parallel Signaling
    • Open Phase
    • Output Node
    • Random Access Memory
    • Series Of Approaches
    • Serial Approach
    • Pixel Array
    • Shift Register
    • Video Compression
    • Video Signal
    • Regeneration Buffer
    • Framebuffer
    • Display Memory
    • Readout Noise
    • Control Circuitry
    • Conversion Gain
    • Pixel Column
    • Column Array
    • Storage Nodes
    • Charge Signal
    • Operation Mode
    • Fast Scanning
    • Motion Detection
    • Motion Sensors
• isbn_formats:
  • format: Print ISBN, value: 0-8186-7074-9, isbnType: Historical
• authors:
  • Author Name: A. Dickinson
    Affiliation: AT&T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37349487700
    ID: 37349487700
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • AT&T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Author Name: B. Ackland
    Affiliation: AT&T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37349490400
    ID: 37349490400
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • AT&T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Author Name: E.-S. Eid
    Affiliation: AT&T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37338875800
    ID: 37338875800
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • AT&T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Author Name: D. Inglis
    Affiliation: AT&T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37356461100
    ID: 37356461100
    Order: 4
    Author Affiliations:
    • AT&T Bell Laboratories Engineering Research Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Author Name: E.R. Fossum
    Affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37326789400
    ID: 37326789400
    Order: 5
    Author Affiliations:
    • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: CMOS
• resolution: 256x256
• dynamic_range: 68 dB
• pixel_size: 20 µm
• dark_current: 22 e-/s

Optical Data

• focal_length: Not specified
• aperture: Not specified
• field_of_view: Not specified
• distortion: Not specified

Performance Metrics

• frame_rate: 13 fps
• power_consumption: 7.5 mW
• noise: 84 e-

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Successful demonstration of CMOS active pixel image sensors for applications including multimedia video and document capture.
• benefits: Low power consumption, random accessibility, improved scaling capability, electronic pan/zoom capability, and advanced functionalities.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: 27-29 March 1995

Relevancy Score

• score: 10
• missing_fields:
  • focal_length
  • aperture
  • field_of_view
  • distortion
  • signal_to_noise_ratio
  • sensitivity
  • shutter_speed

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