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A micropower self-clocked camera-on-a-chip

Cho et al., 2001

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Document ID
15804754331686530361
Author
Cho K
Krymski A
Fossum E
Publication year
Publication venue
The Extended Programme of the 2001 IEEE CCD and Advanced Image Sensors Workshop, Lake Tahoe, USA

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This paper addresses the development of a micropower 176 x 144 CMOS active pixel image sensor that dissipates one-to-two orders of magnitude less power than current state of the art CMOS image sensors. The chip operates from a 1.5 V voltage source and the power …
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