A CMOS smart focal plane for infra-red imagers

Author

Pouliquen, Philippe O. ; Andreou, Andre As G ; Cauwenber, C. ; Terrill, Conrad W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

329

Abstract

We have designed a CMOS integrated circuit array to perform analog image processing tasks on-chip. The array is capable of real-time spatial and temporal filtering, as well as edge and/or motion enhancement effects. Each cell in the array includes bump pads for bonding the array to HgCdTe LWIR detector arrays, as well as visible light photo-transistors for testing the chip´s functionality prior to hybridization

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; analogue processing circuits; edge detection; focal planes; image enhancement; infrared imaging; phototransistors; spatial filters; CMOS; LWIR detector arrays; analog image processing tasks; bump pads; edge enhancement; functionality; hybridization; infra-red imagers; motion enhancement; real-time spatial filtering; real-time temporal filtering; smart focal plane array; visible light phototransistors; Circuit testing; Filtering; Filters; Image edge detection; Image processing; Infrared detectors; Infrared imaging; Motion detection; Optical arrays; Sensor arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings. ISCAS 2000 Geneva. The 2000 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5482-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2000.858755

Filename

858755