A low-power digital camera-on-a-chip implemented in CMOS active pixel approach

Author

Pain, Bedabrata ; Yang, Guang ; Olson, Brita ; Shaw, Timothy ; Ortiz, Monico ; Heynssens, Julie ; Wrigley, Chris ; Ho, Charlie

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

7-10 Jan 1999

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

31

Abstract

The advent of high performance imaging in CMOS technology using active pixel sensors has enabled ultra-low power, miniature, integrated, single-chip camera systems. We report the first fully digital, programmable, 5-wire, large format (512×512) digital-camera-on-a-chip that integrates the imager array, control logic, ADC, and bias generation on the same chip. The VLSI chip runs off a single (3.3 V) power supply, consumes only 8 mW at video rates, is capable of electronic panning, and produces high quality images with 78 dB dynamic range

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; VLSI; cameras; low-power electronics; 3.3 V; 8 mW; ADC; CMOS active pixel approach; VLSI; bias generation; control logic; electronic panning; high quality images; imager array; low-power digital camera-on-a-chip; CMOS image sensors; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Digital cameras; Pixel; Power supplies; Programmable control; Programmable logic arrays; Sensor systems; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, 1999. Proceedings. Twelfth International Conference On

Conference_Location

Goa

ISSN

1063-9667

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0013-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICVD.1999.745119

Filename

745119