Technologies for high performance CMOS active pixel imaging system-on-a-chip

Author

Chi, Min-Hwa

Author_Institution

Vanguard Int. Semicond. Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

180

Lastpage

183

Abstract

Active pixel sensors (APS) based on CMOS technology challenges CCD image sensors in many aspects for high performance imaging systems, such as, low-voltage operation, low-power consumption, random image access, highly integrated functionality, high resolution, fast readout, CMOS compatible fabrication and low cost. In this paper various active CMOS pixel designs and circuit components for high performance imaging systems are reviewed. The emerging CMOS technologies for integrating all these components into camera-on-a-chip are reviewed

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; digital signal processing chips; image processing equipment; low-power electronics; photodiodes; CMOS active pixel imaging chips; CMOS imaging system-on-a-chip; active pixel sensors; camera-on-a-chip; high performance imaging systems; high resolution; low-power consumption; low-voltage operation; photo-gate type; photodiode type; random image access; CMOS image sensors; CMOS technology; Charge-coupled image sensors; Cost function; Fabrication; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; Integrated circuit technology; Pixel; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4306-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSICT.1998.785847

Filename

785847