Column-parallel ADCs for CMOS image sensors and their FoM-based evaluations

S Kawahito - IEICE Transactions on Electronics, 2018 - search.ieice.org
This paper reviews architectures and topologies for column-parallel analog-to-digital
converters (ADCs) used for CMOS image sensors (CISs) and discusses the performance of …

A 0.27 e-rms read noise 220-μV/e-conversion gain reset-gate-less CMOS image sensor with 0.11-μm CIS process

MW Seo, S Kawahito, K Kagawa… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A low temporal read noise and high conversion gain reset-gate-less CMOS image sensor
(CIS) has been developed and demonstrated for the first time at photoelectron-counting …

A 10 ps time-resolution CMOS image sensor with two-tap true-CDS lock-in pixels for fluorescence lifetime imaging

MW Seo, K Kagawa, K Yasutomi… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A CMOS lock-in pixel image sensor with embedded storage diodes and lateral electric field
modulation (LEFM) of photo-generated charge is developed for fluorescence lifetime …

Single-event transient imaging with an ultra-high-speed temporally compressive multi-aperture CMOS image sensor

F Mochizuki, K Kagawa, S Okihara, MW Seo… - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
In the work described in this paper, an image reproduction scheme with an ultra-high-speed
temporally compressive multi-aperture CMOS image sensor was demonstrated. The sensor …

A time-resolved four-tap lock-in pixel CMOS image sensor for real-time fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

MW Seo, Y Shirakawa, Y Kawata… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A programmable sub-nanosecond time-gated four-tap CMOS lock-in pixel (LIP) image
sensor that uses an in-pixel pulse generator (PG) is developed for time-resolved (TR) …

A column-parallel inverter-based cyclic ADC for CMOS image sensor with capacitance and clock scaling

F Tang, B Wang, A Bermak, X Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a low-power column-parallel inverter-based cyclic analog-to-digital
converter (ADC) for CMOS image sensor readout circuit. By partially floating the capacitors …

A low noise wide dynamic range CMOS image sensor with low-noise transistors and 17b column-parallel ADCs

MW Seo, T Sawamoto, T Akahori, T Iida… - IEEE Sensors …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An extremely low temporal noise and wide dynamic range CMOS image sensor is
developed using low-noise transistors and high gray-scale resolution (17b) folding …

Quarter video graphics array digital pixel image sensing with a linear and wide-dynamic-range response by using pixel-wise 3-D integration

M Goto, Y Honda, T Watabe, K Hagiwara… - … on Electron Devices, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have developed a quarter video graphics array (QVGA) digital pixel image sensor by
using the 3-D integration technology. The pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) analog-to …

CMOS digital pixel sensors: technology and applications

O Skorka, D Joseph - … , Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
CMOS active pixel sensor technology, which is widely used these days for digital imaging, is
based on analog pixels. Transition to digital pixel sensors can boost signal-to-noise ratios …

A low dark leakage current high-sensitivity CMOS image sensor with STI-less shared pixel design

MW Seo, S Kawahito, K Yasutomi… - … on Electron Devices, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A CMOS image sensor with a low dark current and high sensitivity is developed with shallow
trench isolation (STI) less shared pixel. By sharing in-pixel transistors, such as the reset …