A 28 mega pixel large area full frame CCD with 2/spl times/2 on-chip RGB charge-binning for professional digital still imaging

Author

Draijer, C. ; Polderdijk, F. ; van der Heide, A. ; Dillen, B. ; Klaassens, W. ; Bosiers, J.

Author_Institution

DALSA Professional Imaging, Eindhoven

fYear

2005

fDate

5-5 Dec. 2005

Lastpage

810

Abstract

CCD imagers for professional digital still cameras (DSCs) require in general high resolution. However for some applications, high sensitivity and high speed are more important and can be exchanged for resolution. A concept is presented in which the resolution of the imager will be decreased in binning mode while the sensitivity and frame rates are increased. For color CCDs, the RGB Bayer color filter pattern should be preserved after charge binning without discarding charge. The first results of this new concept are presented

Keywords

CCD image sensors; charge-coupled devices; CCD imagers; RGB Bayer color filter pattern; binning mode; color CCD; on-chip RGB charge-binning; professional digital still cameras; professional digital still imaging; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Digital cameras; High speed optical techniques; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Pixel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices Meeting, 2005. IEDM Technical Digest. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9268-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDM.2005.1609478

Filename

1609478