CCD imagers for broadcast applications

Author

Stoldt, H. ; Theuwissen, A.J.P. ; Vledder, F.F. ; Centen, P.G.M. ; Mierop, A. ; Kleimann, A.C.M. ; Peek, H.L. ; Verbugt, D.W.E. ; Hartog, P.B. ; de Gruyter, R.H.S.

Author_Institution

Philips Imaging Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

1996

fDate

8-11 Dec. 1996

Firstpage

899

Lastpage

902

Abstract

A 2/3" FrameTransfer-CCD imager with 600k pixels for the NTSC standard is reported. Layout of the light sensitive part is based on a single-gate repetition structure. By this the image format is switchable in the vertical direction between standard (4:3) and widescreen (16:9) aspect ratios, while maintaining full vertical and horizontal resolution at a constant pixel rate. With the flexible clocking possibility inherent in FT-CCDs, a tunable vertical anti-aliasing filter is built on-chip.

Keywords

CCD image sensors; television broadcasting; television cameras; television standards; 0.667 in; 6E5 pixel; CCD imagers; NTSC standard; aspect ratio switching; broadcast applications; flexible clocking; frame transfer CCD; onchip filter; single-gate repetition structure; standard aspect ratio; tunable vertical anti-aliasing filter; widescreen aspect ratio; Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Clocks; Electrodes; Image resolution; Image sensors; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Pixel; TV broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices Meeting, 1996. IEDM '96., International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0163-1918

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3393-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDM.1996.554124

Filename

554124