CMOS Imagers

Dedication Contributing Authors Preface Introduction 1: Fundamentals of Silicon-Based Phototransduction; Honghao Ji and Pamela A. Abshire 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Background Physics Of Light Sensing 1.3 Silicon-Based Photodetectors 1.4 Semiconductor Image Sensors 1.5 Information Rate 1.6 Summary 2: CMOS APS MTF Modeling; Igor Shcherback and Orly Yadid-Pecht 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Experimental Details 2.3 Physical Analysis 2.4 The Unified Model Description 2.5 Results And Discussion 2.6 Summary 3: Photoresponse Analysis And Pixel Shape Optimization For CMOS APS; Igor Shcherback and Orly Yadid-Pecht 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Photoresponse Model 3.3 Comparison With Experimental Results 3.4 CMOS APS Pixel Photoresponse Prediction For Scalable CMOS Technologies 3.5 Summary 4: Active Pixel Sensor Design: From Pixels To Systems; Alexander Fish and Orly Yadid-Pecht 4.1 Introduction 4.2 CMOS Image Sensors 4.3 APS System-on-a-chip Approach 4.4 Summary 5: Focal-Plane Analog Image Processing; Matthew A. Clapp, Viktor Gruev, and Ralph Etienne-Cummings 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Current-Domain Image Processing: The General Image Processor 5.3 Voltage-Domain Image Processing: The Temporal Difference Imager 5.4 Mixed-Mode Image Processing: The Centroid-Tracking Imager 5.5 Conclusions 6: CMOS Imager Non-Uniformity Correction Using Floating-Gate Adaptation; Marc Cohen and Gert Cauwenberghs 6. 1 Introduction 6.2 Adaptive Non-Uniformity Correction 6.3 Canceling Gain Non-Uniformity 6.4 Intensity Equalization 6.5 Focal Plane VLSI Implementation 6.6 VLSI System Architecture 6.7 Experimental Results 6.8 Discussion 6.9 Conclusions Appendix: List of Symbols Index