High-linearity and high-speed ROIC of ultra-large array infrared detectors based on adaptive compensation and enhancement

Z Guo, B Wang, S Liu, R Xu, N Yu - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
In order to solve the problem of limited linearity and frame rate in the large array infrared (IR)
readout integrated circuit (ROIC), a high-linearity and high-speed readout method based on …

Hybrid‐mode single‐slope ADC with improved linearity and reduced conversion time for CMOS image sensors

M Kłosowski - International Journal of Circuit Theory and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the paper, a single‐slope analog‐to‐digital converter (ADC) for integrated CMOS image
sensor applications with an improved technique of conversion has been proposed. The …

Detailed modeling of the video signal and optimal readout of charge‐coupled devices

F Chierchie, G Fernandez Moroni… - … Journal of Circuit …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a practical design methodology to calculate an optimal filter for noise
reduction in the readout of charge‐coupled devices (CCDs) taking into account the charge …

A 256× 256 CMOS image sensor with differential readout and data converter circuits

K Karamzadeh, M Teymouri, M Dousti… - … Journal of Circuit …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, a 256× 256 CMOS image sensor is introduced in which the pixel signals are
read and converted into digital data in a completely differential mode. This technique helps …

A highly linear CMOS image sensor design based on an adaptive nonlinear ramp generator and fully differential pipeline sampling quantization with a double auto …

C Li, B Han, J He, Z Guo, L Wu - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
For a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor image sensor with highly linear, low noise
and high frame rate, the nonlinear correction and frame rate improvement techniques are …

A 2.72  s row conversion time 11‐bit column‐parallel single‐slope analog to digital converter with differential‐clocks‐assisted time to digital converter interpolation …

H Duan, K Nie, J Xu - International Journal of Circuit Theory …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents an innovative readout scheme that utilizes a pair of differential‐clocks‐
assisted time‐to‐digital converter (DCA‐TDC) in CMOS image sensors (CISs). The DCA …

A highly linear and high-accurate CMOS image sensor

M Teymouri - Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 2020 - Springer
This paper presents a high-linearity pixel readout circuit and a 10-bit ADC for using in CMOS
image sensor. Nonlinearity, total input referred noise power, and power consumption of the …

A multipurpose circuit to read out and digitize pixel signal for low‐power CMOS imagers

M Teymouri - International Journal of Circuit Theory and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor with a resolution of
128× 128 pixels is presented in this paper in which pixel signal readout, noise suppression …

A new comparator with FPN noise suppression capability for use in image sensors

K Karamzadeh, M Teymouri, M Dousti… - TABRIZ JOURNAL OF …, 2022 - tjee.tabrizu.ac.ir
Short AbstractIn this paper, a comparator is introduced for use in CMOS image sensor which
can suppress the FPN noise of the pixel in addition to comparing voltages. Due to a large …

Guest editorial: Special issue on computational image sensors and smart camera hardware

J Fernández-Berni, R Carmona-Galán, G Sicard… - 2018 - digital.csic.es
Recent advances in both software and hardware technologies are enabling the emergence
of vision as a key sensorial modality in various application scenarios. Concerning hardware …