Nature has a large repertoire of animals that take advantage of naturally abundant
polarization phenomena. Among them, the mantis shrimp possesses one of the most …

In several emerging fields of study such as encryption in optical communications,
determination of the number of photons in an optical pulse is of great importance. Typically …

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 …

The quanta image sensor (QIS) is a photon-counting image sensor that has been
implemented using different electron devices, including impact ionization-gain devices, such …

In this article, the impact of the combination of the column-level gain and the correlated
multiple sampling (CMS) on the noise of CMOS image sensor (CIS) readout chains is first …

This paper presents a sub-electron temporal readout noise, 8.3 Mpixel and 1.1-μ pixel pitch
3-D-stacked CMOS image sensor (CIS). A conditional correlated multiple sampling (CMS) …

This paper compares two in-pixel source follower stage designs for low noise CMOS image
sensors embedded both on a same 5 mm by 5 mm chip fabricated in a 180nm CIS process …

Low noise and high dynamic range are essential features for imaging under both dark and
bright conditions. In recent years, these features have been required for small pixel CMOS …

This paper presents an in-situ storage topology for ultra-high-speed burst mode imagers,
enabling low noise operation while keeping a high frame depth. The proposed pixel …

Correlated multiple sampling (CMS) technique is often used to reduce random noise in
complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor, but as the number of …