• DocumentCode
    1151837
  • Title

    Camera pixel for coherent detection of modulated light

  • Author

    Dmochowski, P.R. ; Hayes-Gill, B.R. ; Clark, M. ; Crowe, J.A. ; Somekh, M.G. ; Morgan, S.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Nottingham, UK
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1403
  • Lastpage
    1404
  • Abstract
    A CMOS pixel with local processing suitable for use in a modulated light camera is described. The pixel was designed to detect sinusoidally modulated light within the frequency range of 500 kHz-25 MHz. It consists of a photodiode, a transimpedance amplifier, a mixer and an active 150 Hz bandpass filter. It is a prototype design capable of further size reduction suitable for tiling into an array for imaging purposes. This allows the modulated light component of a frequency far in excess of the frame rate to be detected at the pixel level.
  • Keywords
    CMOS image sensors; cameras; optical arrays; optical modulation; prototypes; 150 Hz; 500 kHz to 25 MHz; CMOS pixel; active bandpass filter; camera pixel; coherent detection; mixer; modulated light camera; modulated light component; photodiode; pixel level; sinusoidally modulated light; size reduction; transimpedance amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20046534
  • Filename
    1352851