Title :
CMOS image sensors: electronic camera-on-a-chip
Author_Institution :
Photobit, La Crescenta, CA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
CMOS active pixel sensors (APS) have performance competitive with charge-coupled device (CCD) technology, and offer advantages in on-chip functionality, system power reduction, cost, and miniaturization. This paper discusses the requirements for CMOS image sensors and their historical development, CMOS devices and circuits for pixels, analog signal chain, and on-chip analog-to-digital conversion are reviewed and discussed
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; image sensors; photodiodes; reviews; CMOS image sensors; active pixel sensors; analog signal chain; analog/digital conversion; electronic camera-on-a-chip; historical development; onchip ADC; Analog-digital conversion; Application software; CMOS image sensors; CMOS technology; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Consumer electronics; Digital cameras; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing;
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
