• DocumentCode
    979359
  • Title

    Measurement of low-noise column readout circuits for CMOS image sensors

  • Author

    Kawai, Nobuhiro ; Kawahito, Shoji

  • Author_Institution
    Graduate Sch. of Electron. Sci. & Technol., Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu
  • Volume
    53
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1737
  • Lastpage
    1739
  • Abstract
    This brief describes the measurement results of high-gain column readout circuits for CMOS image sensors. The measurement results show that the double-stage noise-canceling architecture has better noise performance than that of the single-stage architecture at a first-stage gain of greater than 6. The lowest input-referred noise is measured to be 49 muVrms at a gain of 24
  • Keywords
    CMOS image sensors; integrated circuit noise; readout electronics; 24 dB; 49 muV; CMOS image sensors; circuit noise; column readout circuits; double-stage noise-canceling architecture; input-referred noise; Active noise reduction; CMOS image sensors; Circuit noise; Gain measurement; Image sensors; Noise cancellation; Noise measurement; Noise reduction; Pulse amplifiers; Switches; CMOS image sensor; double-stage noise-canceling architecture; high-gain column amplifier; noise reduction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TED.2006.875813
  • Filename
    1643511