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A high output voltage swing logarithmic image sensor designed with on chip FPN reduction

Amhaz et al., 2010

Document ID
2918387669433679197
Author
Amhaz H
Sicard G
Publication year
Publication venue
6th Conference on Ph. D. Research in Microelectronics & Electronics

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A novel architecture of a CMOS image sensor dedicated to improve the output voltage swing of a simple logarithmic sensor, while conserving the simplicity and then the minimized area of the normal sensor, is proposed. This architecture presents a reduced fixed pattern noise …
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