Recent advances in high dynamic range imaging technology

Y Bandoh, G Qiu, M Okuda, S Daly… - … Conference on Image …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, visual representations using high dynamic range (HDR) images become
increasingly popular, with advancement of technologies for increasing the dynamic range of …

Wide-dynamic-range CMOS image sensors—Comparative performance analysis

A Spivak, A Belenky, A Fish… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A large variety of solutions for widening the dynamic range (DR) of CMOS image sensors
has been proposed throughout the years. We propose a set of criteria upon which an …

A 4.6-μm, 127-dB Dynamic Range, Ultra-Low Power Stacked Digital Pixel Sensor With Overlapped Triple Quantization

R Ikeno, K Mori, M Uno, K Miyauchi… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a global shutter (GS), stacked digital pixel sensor (DPS) to meet the
ultra-low power, ultra high dynamic range (HDR) requirements for battery-powered, always …

A 151 dB high dynamic range CMOS image sensor chip architecture with tone map** compression embedded in-pixel

S Vargas-Sierra, G Liñán-Cembrano… - IEEE Sensors …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a high dynamic range CMOS image sensor that implements an in-pixel
content-aware adaptive global tone map** algorithm during image capture operation. The …

Optimum design of conversion gain and full well capacity in CMOS image sensor with lateral overflow integration capacitor

N Akahane, S Adachi, K Mizobuchi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An optimum design theory to clarify a possible limit of achieving both high conversion gain
(CG) and full well capacity (FWC) at the same time in a CMOS image sensor with a lateral …

Linear–logarithmic CMOS pixel with tunable dynamic range

M Vatteroni, P Valdastri, A Sartori… - … on Electron Devices, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A CMOS pixel with linear-logarithmic response and programmable dynamic range (DR),
based on a tunable transition point, has purposely been designed for endoscopic …

A 467nW CMOS visual motion sensor with temporal averaging and pixel aggregation

G Kim, M Barangi, Z Foo, N Pinckney… - … Solid-State Circuits …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visual monitoring with CMOS image sensors opens up a variety of new applications for
wireless sensor nodes, ranging from military surveillance to in vivo molecular imaging. In …

A dual-exposure single-capture wide dynamic range CMOS image sensor with columnwise highly/lowly illuminated pixel detection

SF Yeh, CC Hsieh, CJ Cheng… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a dual-exposure single-capture wide dynamic-range (DR) CMOS
image sensor (CIS) for optical identification systems. The proposed sensor achieves …

A snapshot CMOS image sensor with extended dynamic range

A Belenky, A Fish, A Spivak… - IEEE Sensors …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a proof of concept for a snapshot CMOS image sensor with extended dynamic
range is presented. A prototype of 32 times 32 pixels has been fabricated using the 1-poly 4 …

Analysis of dynamic range, linearity, and noise of a pulse-frequency modulation pixel

TH Tsai, R Hornsey - IEEE transactions on electron devices, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A complete pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) pixel design analysis and noise
measurement for CMOS image sensor applications are presented. This work investigates …