A Review of Digital Pixel Sensors

MRI Udoy, S Alam, MM Islam, A Jaiswal, A Aziz - IEEE Access, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital pixel sensor (DPS) has evolved as a pivotal component in modern imaging systems
and has the potential to revolutionize various fields such as medical imaging, astronomy …

A short review of some analog-to-digital converters resolution enhancement methods

Y Zheng, Y Zhao, N Zhou, H Wang, D Jiang - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
The resolution of the analog-to-digital converter (ADC), ie the minimum voltage that ADC
can recognize, is an important indicator of ADC performance. In order to improve the …

A 0.27 e-rms read noise 220-μV/e-conversion gain reset-gate-less CMOS image sensor with 0.11-μm CIS process

MW Seo, S Kawahito, K Kagawa… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A low temporal read noise and high conversion gain reset-gate-less CMOS image sensor
(CIS) has been developed and demonstrated for the first time at photoelectron-counting …

2.45 e-RMS low-random-noise, 598.5 mW low-power, and 1.2 kfps high-speed 2-Mp global shutter CMOS image sensor with pixel-level ADC and memory

MW Seo, M Chu, HY Jung, S Kim… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a low random noise, a low-power, and a high-speed 2-mega pixels
(Mp) global-shutter (GS)-type CMOS image sensor (CIS) using an advanced dynamic …

A time-of-flight range image sensor with background canceling lock-in pixels based on lateral electric field charge modulation

SM Han, T Takasawa, K Yasutomi… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a CMOS time-of-flight (ToF) range image sensor using high-speed lock-
in pixels with background light canceling capability. The proposed lock-in pixel uses MOS …

A 12-bit two-step single-slope ADC with a constant input-common-mode level resistor ramp generator

Q Zhang, N Ning, Z Zhang, J Li, K Wu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 12-bit column-parallel two-step single-slope analog-to-digital
converter (SS ADC). With the merging of analog memory capacitor and input sampling …

A sub-0.5 electron read noise VGA image sensor in a standard CMOS process

A Boukhayma, A Peizerat, C Enz - IEEE Journal of solid-state …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A sub-0.5 e rms-temporal read noise VGA (640H× 480V) CMOS image sensor has been
integrated in a standard 0.18 μm 4PM CMOS process. The low noise performance is …

A 10 ps time-resolution CMOS image sensor with two-tap true-CDS lock-in pixels for fluorescence lifetime imaging

MW Seo, K Kagawa, K Yasutomi… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A CMOS lock-in pixel image sensor with embedded storage diodes and lateral electric field
modulation (LEFM) of photo-generated charge is developed for fluorescence lifetime …

A delta-readout scheme for low-power CMOS image sensors with multi-column-parallel SAR ADCs

HJ Kim, SI Hwang, JW Kwon, DH **… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a power-saving readout scheme for CMOS image sensors (CISs) that
utilizes the image properties. The proposed delta-readout (A-readout) scheme reads the …

A time-resolved four-tap lock-in pixel CMOS image sensor for real-time fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

MW Seo, Y Shirakawa, Y Kawata… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A programmable sub-nanosecond time-gated four-tap CMOS lock-in pixel (LIP) image
sensor that uses an in-pixel pulse generator (PG) is developed for time-resolved (TR) …