A micro-packaged image acquisition and processing module

Author

Larcombe, S.P. ; Stern, J.M. ; Ivey, P A ; Seed, N.L. ; Shelley, A.J.

Author_Institution

Sheffield Univ., UK

fYear

1995

fDate

4-6 Jul 1995

Firstpage

455

Lastpage

459

Abstract

The paper describes a prototype module, which is an image acquisition and processing pipeline implemented in a micro-package. The module converts incident light directly to processed digital video data. The system is packaged using a novel three-dimensional technology called MCM-V (multichip module-vertical), Val (1991). This technology stacks integrated circuits in the z-axis to produce dense systems. The module is fully programmable and can be used in a wide range of image processing tasks. The results presented form the first stage in the development of high performance ultra-miniature camera and image processing systems

Keywords

VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; image processing equipment; multichip modules; parallel architectures; pipeline processing; transputers; video cameras; video signal processing; MCM-V; dense systems; fully programmable module; high performance ultra-miniature camera; integrated circuits; micro-packaged image acquisition; multichip module-vertical; processed digital video data; processing module; prototype module; three-dimensional technology; z-axis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Image Processing and its Applications, 1995., Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

Print_ISBN

0-85296-642-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19950700

Filename

465517