Artificial retina chip with a 256 x 256 array of n-MOS variable sensitivity photodetector cells

Autor: Jun Ohta, Hirofumi Yagi, Kazuo Kyuma, Kunihiko Hara, Eiichi Funatsu, Yoshikazu Nitta, Takashi Toyoda, Yasunari Miyake
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.223990
Popis: The artificial retina chip, consisting of an array of variable sensitivity photo-detector cells (VSPD), attains versatile focal plane image processing using vector-matrix multiplication. We designed an n-MOS VSPD with a pn photodiode and a differential amplifier, which realizes programmable positive and negative sensitivity. The pixels of the fabricated 256 multiplied by 256 pixel artificial retina chip are 35 multiplied by 26 micrometers squared with a 25% aperture ratio in a 2 micrometer n-MOS process. The photosensitivity is 0.23 (mu) A/lx for 1 ms accumulation time. We demonstrate image capture in 'video mode' and 'edge extraction mode.'
Databáze: OpenAIRE