Design of a low-light-level image sensor with on-chip sigma-delta analog-to-digital conversion

Sunetra K. Mendis; Bedabrata Pain; Robert H. Nixon; Eric R. Fossum

doi:10.1117/12.148606

12 July 1993 Design of a low-light-level image sensor with on-chip sigma-delta analog-to-digital conversion

Sunetra K. Mendis, Bedabrata Pain, Robert H. Nixon, Eric R. Fossum

Proceedings Volume 1900, Charge-Coupled Devices and Solid State Optical Sensors III; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148606
Event: IS&T/SPIE's Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1993, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The design and projected performance of a low-light-level active-pixel-sensor (APS) chip with semi-parallel analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion is presented. The individual elements have been fabricated and tested using MOSIS* 2 micrometers CMOS technology, although the integrated system has not yet been fabricated. The imager consists of a 128 X 128 array of active pixels at a 50 micrometers pitch. Each column of pixels shares a 10-bit A/D converter based on first-order oversampled sigma-delta ((Sigma) -(Delta) ) modulation. The 10-bit outputs of each converter are multiplexed and read out through a single set of outputs. A semi- parallel architecture is chosen to achieve 30 frames/second operation even at low light levels. The sensor is designed for less than 12 e^- rms noise performance.

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Sunetra K. Mendis, Bedabrata Pain, Robert H. Nixon, and Eric R. Fossum "Design of a low-light-level image sensor with on-chip sigma-delta analog-to-digital conversion", Proc. SPIE 1900, Charge-Coupled Devices and Solid State Optical Sensors III, (12 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148606

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