A CMOS imaging chip for real-time range finding

Author

Cilingiroglu, Ugur ; Chen, Sicheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1124

Abstract

A novel CMOS imaging chip for real-time range finding is described. The system can extract range information without any mechanical movement and all the signal processing is done on chip. All the image sensors and mixed-signal processors are integrated in a chip. A prototype chip has been fabricated in 0.5 μm CMOS technology that occupies 0.9 mm × 0.9 mm silicon area. It can report the distance in the range 1.5 m - 10 m in 18 scales. Analog power dissipation is 50 mW for a 5 V power supply. The paper presents the proposed range extraction concept, describes the technique and circuit architecture, and verifies functionality by simulated results

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; distance measurement; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; real-time systems; 0.5 micron; 0.9 mm; 1.5 to 10 m; 5 V; 50 mW; CMOS imaging chip; CMOS technology; mixed-signal processors; onchip signal processing; passive imaging; photosensor matrix; range information extraction; real-time range finding; CMOS image sensors; CMOS technology; Data mining; Image sensors; Integrated circuit technology; Power dissipation; Prototypes; Signal processing; Silicon; System-on-a-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lansing, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6475-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2000.951413

Filename

951413