Name
Title | ||
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An Image Signal Accumulation Multi-Collection-Gate Image Sensor Operating at 25 Mfps with 32 × 32 Pixels and 1220 In-Pixel Frame Memory. |
Abstract | ||
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The paper presents an ultra-high-speed image sensor for motion pictures of reproducible events emitting very weak light. The sensor is backside-illuminated. Each pixel is equipped with the multiple collection gates (MCG) at the center of the front side. Each collection gate is connected to an in-pixel large memory unit, which can accumulate image signals captured by repetitive imaging. The combination of the backside illumination, image signal accumulation, and slow readout from the in-pixel signal storage after an image capturing operation offers a very high sensitivity. Pipeline signal transfer from the MCG to the in-pixel memory units enables the sensor to achieve a large frame count and a very high frame rate at the same time. A test sensor was fabricated with a pixel count of 32 x 32 pixels. Each pixel is equipped with four collection gates, each connected to a memory unit with 305 elements; thus, with a total frame count of 1220 (305 x 4) frames. The test camera achieved 25 Mfps, while the sensor was designed to operate at 50 Mfps. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2018 | 10.3390/s18093112 | SENSORS |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
high-speed,image sensor,ISAS,image signal accumulation,MCG | Computer vision,Image sensor,Electronic engineering,Pixel,Artificial intelligence,Image signal,Engineering | Journal |
Volume | Issue | Citations |
18 | 9.0 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 3 | 10 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Son Dao Vu Truong | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Nguyen Ngo | 2 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Anh Quang Nguyen | 3 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Kazuhiro Morimoto | 4 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Kazuhiro Shimonomura | 5 | 57 | 13.11 |
| Paul Goetschalckx | 6 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Luc Haspeslagh | 7 | 1 | 1.30 |
| Piet De Moor | 8 | 0 | 1.01 |
| Kohsei Takehara | 9 | 7 | 3.53 |
| Takeharu G. Etoh | 10 | 3 | 1.91 |