A high speed CMOS imager acquiring 5000 frames/sec

Author

Lauxtermann, S. ; Schwider, P. ; Seitz, Philipp ; Bloss, H. ; Ernst, J. ; Firla, H.

Author_Institution

CSEM, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

1999

Firstpage

875

Lastpage

878

Abstract

For high speed imaging applications an active pixel sensor (APS) with a resolution of 256/spl times/256 pixel has been integrated in 0.5 /spl mu/m CMOS technology. The rectangular pixels create a chessboard like distribution of photosensitive sites throughout the imaging array with a fill factor of 42%. On chip frequencies were reduced by allowing time interleaved addressing and signal output through 16 analog channels. At 3.3 V supply voltage the sensor acquires more than 5000 pictures/sec with 60 dB dynamic range.

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; image resolution; 0.5 /spl mu/m CMOS technology; 0.5 mum; 256/spl times/256 pixel; 3.3 V; active pixel sensor; analog channels; chessboard like distribution; dynamic range; fill factor; high speed CMOS imager; high speed imaging applications; imaging array; on chip frequencies; photosensitive sites; rectangular pixels; resolution; signal output; supply voltage; time interleaved addressing; CMOS image sensors; CMOS technology; Circuits; Dielectric thin films; Dynamic range; High-resolution imaging; Photodiodes; Pixel; Sensor arrays; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices Meeting, 1999. IEDM '99. Technical Digest. International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5410-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDM.1999.824288

Filename

824288