2009 INTERNATIONAL IMAGE SENSOR WORKSHOP

 

June 26-28, 2009 Bergen, Norway

 

 

Papers should be cited as:

Author(s), Title, in Proc. of 2009 International Image Sensor Workshop, Bergen, NORWAY,

June 22-28, 2009.

 

 

Friday, June 26th 2009

08:00-08:30

Registration

08:30-08:32

Welcome

Eric R Fossum – Welcome by Image Sensors Inc.

08:32-08:50

Opening

Albert Theuwissen – General Chair’s opening remarks

Johannes Solhusvik – Technical Program Chair’s opening remarks

Session 01

Invited presentation and BSI

Session chair: Boyd Fowler, Fairchild Imaging, USA

08:50-09:30

Invited Presentation – I

Sense and Sensitivity

Mats Wernersson, Henrik Eliasson, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, Sweden

09:30-09:50

Improved color separation for a backside illuminated image sensor with 1.4 μm pixel pitch

Jens Prima1, Francois Roy1, Hugues Leininger1, Christophe Cowache1, Jerome Vaillant1, Luc Pinzelli1, Daniel Benoit1, Norbert Moussy2, Benoit Giffard2 1FTM Imaging, STMicroelectronics, Crolles, France. 2CEA Léti-MINATEC, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

09:50-10:10

A Manufacturable Back-Side Illumination Technology using Bulk-Si Substrate for Advanced CMOS Image Sensors

S.G. Wuu1, C.C. Wang, D.N. Yaung1, Y.L. Tu1, J.C. Liu1, T.H. Hsu1, F.J. Shiu1, C.Y. Yu1, G.Y. Shiau1, R.J. Lin, C.S.Tsai1, L. Tran1, SSChen1, CCWang1, SYHuang1, H. Rhodes2, D. Tai2, Y. Qian2, D. Mao2, S. Manabe2, A. Shah2, R. Yang2, J.C. Hsieh3, Calvin Chang3, C.W. Lu3, Shawn Tseng3. 1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C. 2OmniVision Technologies, Inc., 4275 Burton Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 3VisEra Technologies Company, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C.

10:10-10:30

The Mass Production of BSI CMOS Image Sensors

H. Rhodes, D. Tai, Y. Qian, D. Mao, V. Venezia, Wei Zheng, Z. Xiong, C.Y. Liu, K.C. Ku, S. Manabe, A. Shah, S. Sasidhar, P. Cizdziel, Z. Lin, A. Ercan, M. Bikumandla, R. Yang, P. Matagne, C. Yang, H. Yang, T.J. Dai, J. Li, S.G. Wuu1,D.N. Yaung1, C.C. Wang1, J.C. Liu1, C.S. Tsai1, Y.L.Tu1, T.H. Hsu1. Omnivision Technologies, Inc. USA; 1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Taiwan, R.O.C.

10:30-10:45

Break

Session 02

BSI and small pixel sensors

Session chair: Alex Krymski, Alexima, USA

10:45-11:00

A 1.4 μm Pixel Backside Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor with 300 mm Wafer Based on 65 nm Logic Technology

Y.Kohyama, H.Yamashita, S.Uya, T.Yoshida, N.Sakurai, I.Inoue, T.Yamaguchi, K.Nagata, H.Harakawa1, A.Murakoshi1, T.Harada1, M.Takahashi1, M.Morita1, K.Tanida1, M.Dohi1, K.Takahashi1, K.Iwade1, T.Matsumura1, H.Sugiyama1, H.Goto, K.Tomioka. Imaging Device Marketing & Engineering Dept., and 1Process & Manufacturing Engineering Center, Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor Company, Japan

11:00-11:15

Towards a Three-Dimensional Back-Illuminated Miniaturized CMOS Pixel Technology using 100nm Inter-Layer Contacts

Perceval Coudrain1,2,3, P. Magnan1, P. Batude3, X. Gagnard2, C. Leyris2, L. Depoyan2, Y. Cazaux3, M. Vinet3, B. Giffard3, P. Ancey2. 1Université de Toulouse, Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace; 2STMicroelectronics, Crolles, France; 3CEA Leti-MINATEC, France

11:15-11:30

Monolithic and Fully-Hybrid Backside Illuminated CMOS Imagers for Smart Sensing

Padmakumar R. Rao, Kyriaki Minoglou, Koen De Munck, Deniz Sabuncuoglu Tezcan, Chris Van Hoof, Piet De Moor. IMEC, Belgium

11:30-11:45

CMOS Synchronous shutter backside illuminated image sensor for hyperspectral imaging

B. Dierickx1,3, B. Dupont1, Paul Jerram2, Martin Fryer2, Jérôme Pratlong2, Andrew Walker2, A. Defernez1. 1Caeleste CVBA, Belgium; 2e2v Ltd, UK; 3Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium

11:45-12:00

1.1μm Backside Imager vs. Frontside Imager: an optics-dedicated FDTD approach

Flavien Hirigoyen, Jérôme Vaillant, Emilie Huss, Frederic Barbier, Jens Prima, François Roy, Didier Hérault. STMicroelectronics, Crolles, France

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-13:45

IISW09 Group Picture (all workshop attendants)

Session 03

Small pixel sensors and WLC

Session Chair: Shoji Kawahito, Shizuoka University, Japan

13:45-14:00

New Integration Technology of CIS for High Sensitivity Small Pixel

Seounghyun Kim, Taegyu Kim, Munhwan Kim, Dongbin Park, Heesung Shim, Jongtaek Hwang, Sungho Jun, Ohjin Jung, Joonku Yoon, Minhyung Lee, Chulho Park, Jaewon Han, Joon Hwang, Dongbu HiTek , Chungbuk, Korea

Presenter: Hoon Jang, Dongbu HiTek , Chungbuk, Korea

13:45-14:00

CMOS Image Sensor with a Thin Overlaid Panchromatic Organic Photoconductive Layer as the Best Candidate for Sensors with Reduced Pixel Size

Mikio Ihama, Tetsurou Mitsui, Kimiatsu Nomura, Yoshiki Maehara, Hiroshi Inomata, Takashi Gotou, Yutaka Takeuchi. FUJIFILM Corporation, Frontier Core-Technology Laboratories, Japan

14:00-14:15

A 1.4 μm pixel front-side-illuminated image sensor for mobile phones

R. Daniel McGrath, John T. Compton, R. Michael Guidash, Edward T. Nelson, Christopher Parks, Joseph R. Summa. Eastman Kodak Company, USA

14:15-14:30

CMOS image sensor with high refractive index lightpipe

J. Gambino1, B. Leidy1, A. Watts1, C. Musante1, K. Ackerson1, S. Mongeon1, J. Adkisson1, R.J. Rassel1, K. Ogg1, J. Ellis-Monaghan1, M. Jaffe1, M. Laukkanen2, K. Karaste2, W. McLaughlin2, T. Gädda2, J. Rantala2. 1IBM Microelectronics, UK; 2Silecs,, Finland

14:30-14:45

Pixel continues to shrink…. Pixel Development for Novel CMOS Image Sensors

G. Agranov, R. Mauritzson,  J. Ladd, A. Dokoutchaev, X. Fan, X. Li, Z. Yin, R. Johnson, V. Lenchenkov, S. Nagaraja, W.Gazeley, J. Bai, H. Lee; A. D’Anna1, G. De-Amicis1; Aptina LLC, San Jose, USA; 1Micron Technology Inc., Avezzano, Italy

14:45-15:00

Wafer Level Cameras – Novel Fabrication and Packaging Technologies

Margarete Zoberbier1, Sven Hansen1, Marc Hennemayer1, Dietrich Tönnies1, Ralph Zoberbier1, Markus Brehm2, Andreas Kraft2, Martin Eisner3, Reinhard Völkel3,  1SUSS MicroTec Lithography,  Germany,  2DELO Industrial Adhesives,  Germany, 3SUSS MicroOptics SA, Switzerland

15:00-15:40

Invited Presentation – II

A Four-Side Tileable Back Illuminated, Three-Dimensionally Integrated Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor

Vyshnavi Suntharalingam1, R. Berger1, S. Clark2, J. Knecht1, A. Messier1, K. Newcomb1, D. Rathman1, R. Slattery1, A. Soares1, C. Stevenson1, K. Warner1,D. Young1, L.-P. Ang3, B. Mansoorian3, D. Shaver1, 1MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2Irvine Sensors Corporation, Costa Mesa, MA, 3Forza Silicon, Pasadena, CA

15:40-16:00

Break

Session 04

Analysis and trends

Session Chair: Edoardo Charbon, Delft Univ., The Netherlands

16:00-16:15

Analysis of Dark Current in 4-Transistor CMOS Imager Pixel with Negative Transfer-gate bias Operation

Hirofumi Yamashita, Motohiro Maeda, Shogo Furuya, Takanori Yagami. Toshiba Corporation, Japan

16:15-16:30

Model-Free Power Spectral Density Estimation for Low-Light Level CMOS Imaging Sensors

Radu Ispasoiu, José Camara and Boyd Fowler. Fairchild Imaging, Inc., USA

16:30-16:45

Trends in Consumer CMOS Image Sensor Manufacturing

R. Fontaine. Chipworks, Canada

Session 05

16:45-18:00

Poster flash presentations

Session Chair: Lindsay Grant, ST Microelectronics, UK

P1

Reduction of Band-to-band Tunneling in Deep-submicron CMOS Single Photon Avalanche Photodiodes

Robert K. Henderson1, Justin Richardson1,2, Lindsay Grant2. 1 The University of Edinburgh, Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, UK; 2 STMicroelectronics Imaging Division, UK

P2

Flexible binning structure for CCD color imagers

Jan Bosiers, Harry van Kuijk, Agnes Kleimann, Inge Peters, Frank Polderdijk. DALSA Professional Imaging, The Netherlands

P3

CMOS image sensor with two-shared pixel and staggered readout architecture

J. Bogaerts, G. Meynants, G. Lepage, G. Vanhorebeek, B. Ceulemans, K. Ruythooren. CMOSIS nv, Belgium

P4

Effects of Negative Bias Operation and Optical Stress on Dark Current

Takashi Watanabe1, Jong-Ho Park1, Satoshi Aoyama1, Keigo Isobe1, Shoji Kawahito1,2. 1Brookman Technology, Inc., Japan; 2Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Japan

P5

X-ray image sharpening by coincidence detection

B. Dierickx1,2, B. Dupont1, A. Defernez1. 1Caeleste CVBA, Belgium; 2Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium

P6

An advanced CMOS Sensor in a novel quadruple well process (INMAPS) for 100% Fill Factor and Full CMOS Pixels

J. Ballin2, R. Coath1, J. Crooks1, P. Dauncey2, A.-M. Magnan2, Y. Mikami3, O. Miller3, M. Noy2, V. Rajovic3, M. Stanitzki1, K. Stefanov1, R. Turchetta1, M. Tyndel1, E. G. Villani1, N. Watson3, J. Wilson3. 1 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK; 2Department of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK; 3School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK

P7

Validated Dark Current Spectroscopy on a per-pixel basis in CMOS image sensors

Eric A. G. Webster1, Robert Nicol2, Lindsay Grant2, David Renshaw1. 1School of Engineering & Electronics, University of Edinburgh, UK; 2STMicroelectronics (R&D) Ltd., UK

P8

Investigating the Ageing Effects on Image Sensors  Due to Terrestrial Cosmic Radiation

Gayathri G. Nampoothiri1, Albert J. P. Theuwissen1, 2. 1Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; 2Harvest Imaging, Belgium  BEST POSTER AWARD 2009 IISW

P9

A High Speed Pipelined Snapshot CMOS image sensor with 6.4 Gpixel/s data rate

Bart Cremers, Mukund Agarwal, Tom Walschap, Rajiv Singh, Tomas Geurts. Cypress Semiconductor, Belgium

P10

400x400 pixel image sensor for endoscopy in 1.7mm2 CSP Package

Bram Wolfs, Cedric Esquenet, Walter Iandolo. Cypress Semiconductor, Belgium. Presenter: Tomas Geurts

P11

Column Fixed Pattern Noise Suppression with STI profile control in 1.75um Pixel CMOS Image Sensor

Hoon Jang, Tae Gyu Kim , So Eun Park, Joon Hwang. Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd., Korea

P12

A small footprint, streaming compliant, versatile wavelet compression scheme for cameraphone imagers

L. Alacoque1, L. Chotard2, M. Tchagaspanian1, J. Chossat2. 1CEA LETI-MINATEC/SCME, Grenoble, France; 2STMicroelectronics, Grenoble, France

P13

A Modeling and Evaluation of the Random Telegraph Signal Noise on a CMOS Image Sensor in Motion Pictures

Deng Zhang, Hiroaki Ammo1, Jegoon Ryu, Hirofumi Sumi1, Toshihiro Nishimura. Graduate school of Information, Production and Systems, WASEDA University; 1Sony Corporation, Japan

P14

Synchronous and Asynchronous Detection of Ultra-Low Light Levels

Christian Lotto1,3, Peter Seitz2,3. 1CSEM SA, Photonics Division, Switzerland; 2CSEM SA, Nanomedicine Division, Switzerland; 3EPFL STI IMT-NE, Federal Inst. of Technology, Switzerland

P15

From photons to electrons: a complete 3D simulation flow for CMOS image sensor

Axel Crocherie, Pierre Boulenc, Jérôme Vaillant, Flavien Hirigoyen, Didier Hérault, Clément Tavernier. STMicroelectronics, France

P16

Limitations to the frame rate of high speed image sensors

G. Meynants, G. Lepage, J. Bogaerts, G. Vanhorebeek, X. Wang. CMOSIS nv, Belgium

P17

A 4k@15,000 LPs High-Accuracy CMOS Linear Sensor Chip with Programmable Gain and Offset and Embedded Digital Correction

Francisco Jiménez-Garrido1, Rafael Domínguez-Castro1,2, Fernando Medeiro 1,2, Alberto García, Cayetana Utrera, Rafael Romay, Angel Rodríguez-Vázquez. 1AnaFocus (Innovaciones Microelectrónicas S.L.), Spain; 2IMSE-CNM/CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

P18

CMOS Image Sensor Sensitivity Improvement via Cumulative Crosstalk Reduction

Igor Shcherback1, Elad Gan1, Lior Blockstein2, Orly Yadid-Pecht1,2. 1Pixel-Scan, Ltd, Israel; 2The VLSI Systems Center, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

P19

CMOS image sensor architecture for high speed sparse image content readout

A. Dupret1, B. Dupont2, M. Vasiliu1, B. Dierickx2,3, A. Defernez2. 1Institut d’Electronique fondamentale, Université Paris Sud , France; 2Caeleste CVBA, Belgium; 3Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium

P20

CMOS Active Pixel Detectors For Radiography

Michael G. Farrier1, Thorsten Graeve Achterkirchen1, Gene P. Weckler1, and J. T. Bosiers2. 1Rad-icon Imaging Corp., USA. 2DALSA Professional Imaging, The Netherlands.

P21

An analog counter architecture for pixel-level ADC

Arnaud Peizerat, Michael Tchagaspanian, Christophe Mandier, Bertrand Dupond, CEA/LETI, Grenoble, France

P22

Enhancement of Wide Dynamic Range CCD with 862MHz Data Rate

Kasey Boggs, Richard Bredthauer and Greg Bredthauer. Semiconductor Technology Associates, Inc., USA

P23

Ultra small digital image sensor for endoscopic applications

Martin Wäny, Stephan Voltz, Fabio Gaspar, Lei Chen. AWAIBA Lda

P24

Comparison of Several Ramp Generator Designs for Column-Parallel Single Slope ADCs

Yibing (Michelle) Wang , Sang-Soo Lee, Kwang Oh Kim1. Hynix Semiconductor America, Inc;,1Hynix Semiconductor, Korea

18:00-18:45

Poster Viewing

19:00-21:00

Dinner

 

Saturday March 27, 2009

 

Session 06

Charge-Coupled Devices

Session Chair: Junichi Nakamura, Aptina Imaging, Japan

08:30-09:10

Invited Presentation – III

Backside Illuminated Image Sensors manufactured with Gradated Double Epitaxial Layers: an Application to a High-speed High-sensitivity Image Sensor

T. G. Etoh12, T. Hayashida2, H. Maruyama2, T. Arai2, N. Uchiyama3 and T. Sakamoto3, 1Kinki University, Japan, 2NHK, Japan, 3Hamamatsu Photonics, Japan

09:10-09:25

Very-low Dark Current in FF-CCDs

I. M. Peters, E. W. Bogaart, W. Hoekstra, A. C. M. Kleimann, J. T. Bosiers. DALSA Professional Imaging, The Netherlands

09:25-09:40

Design and Characterization of Submicron CCDs in CMOS

Keith Fife, Abbas El Gamal, H.-S. Philip Wong. Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA

09:40-09:55

A 2/3-inch Low Noise HDTV FT CCD-Imager for 1080i180, 1080ip90 and 720p120 Scanning at Constant Image Diagonal

Peter Centen1, Holger Stoldt2, Jan Visser3, Jan T. Bosiers2. 1 Grass Valley, The Netherlands, 2DALSA Professional Imaging, The Netherlands; 3NIKHEF, The Netherlands

09:55-10:10

High saturation output 1.55mm square pixel IT-CCD with metal wiring line structure in a pixel

Takeshi Takeda, Yoshiaki Kitano, Shinji Miyazawa, Junji Yamane, Keita Suzuki, Kunihiko Hikichi, Kaori Tai, Kotaro Harazono1, Shogo Numaguti2, Yoshinori Uchida, Masao Kimura, Mitsuru Sato, Hideo Kanbe, Nobuhiro Karasawa. Semiconductor Business Group, Sony Corporation; 1Sony Semiconductor Kyusyu Corporation; 2Sony LSI Design Inc., Japan

10:10-10:25

High Speed Impactron CCD Line Sensor with Color Sensing Capability

Izumi Kobayashi1, Jaroslav Hynecek2, 1Texas Instruments Japan LTD.; 2Isetex, Inc., USA

10:25-10:35

Break

 

Session 07

Various imager design topics - I

Session Chair: Jaroslav Hynecek, Isetex, TX, USA

10:35-10:50

Characterization of In-Pixel Buried-Channel Source Follower with Optimized Row Selector in CMOS Image Sensors  and  REVISED AFTER IISW

Yue Chen, Xinyang Wang, Adri J. Mierop, Albert J.P. Theuwissen. Electronic Instrumentation Lab, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

10:50-11:05

A Monolithic Ge-on-Si CMOS Imager for Short Wave Infrared

B. Ackland, C. Rafferty, C. King, I. Aberg, J. O’Neill, T. Sriram, A. Lattes, C. Godek, S. Pappas. NoblePeak Vision, USA

11:05-11:20

Integrated Polarization Image Sensor for Cell Detection

Viktor Gruev1, Jan Van der Spiegel2, Nader Engheta2. 1Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA; 2University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA

11:20-11:35

Polarization-analyzing CMOS image sensor with embedded wire-grid polarizers

Takashi Tokuda, Hirofumi Yamada, Hiroya Shimohata, Kiyotaka, Sasagawa, Jun Ohta. Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

11:35-11:50

Retinal stimulator embedded with light-sensing function in distributed microchip architecture for subretinal implantation

Jun Ohta1, Takashi Tokuda1, Kohei Hiyama1, Shigeki Sawamura1, Kiyotaka, Sasagawa1, Kentaro Nishida2, Yoshiyuki Kitaguchi2, Motohiro Kamei2, Takashi Fujikado2, Yasuo Tano2. 1Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan; 2Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan

11:50-12:05

4.5 μm Pixel Pitch 154 ke- Full Well Capacity CMOS Image Sensor

Koichi Mizobuchi1, Satoru Adachi1, Hirokazu Sawada1, Katsumi Ohta1, Hiromichi Oshikubo1, Nana Akahane2, Shigetoshi Sugawa2, 1Texas Instruments, Ibaraki, Japan, 2Graduate School of Engineering, Sendai, Japan

12:05-13:30

Lunch

13:30-18:00

Social event/excursion

18:00-18:45

Poster Viewing

19:00-21:00

Gala Dinner/WKA/ Best Poster Award


 

Sunday March 28, 2009

 

Session 08

3D Range Imaging

Session Chair: Koichi Mizobuchi, Texas Instruments Japan

08:30-09:10

Invited Presentation – IV

Image Sensor Technologies for 3D Time-of-flight Range Imaging

Thierry Oggier, Mesa Imaging, Switzerland

09:10-09:30

High Speed Dual Port Pinned-photodiode for Time-Of-Flight Imaging

Cédric Tubert1,3, Laurent Simony1, François Roy2, Arnaud Tournier2, Luc Pinzelli2, Pierre Magnan3. 1STMicroelectronics Grenoble, France; 2STMicroelectronics Crolles, France; 3ISAE/CIMI, France

09:30-09:45

Ultra High Speed 3-D Image Sensor

Shingo Mandai1, Toru Nakura2, Makoto Ikeda2 and Kunihiro Asada2. 1Dept. of Electronic Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan; 2VLSI Design and Education Center(VDEC), University of Tokyo, Japan

09:45-10:00

A 32x32 50ps Resolution Time to Digital Converter Array in 130nm CMOS for Time Correlated Imaging.

Justin Richardson1,2, Richard Walker1,2, Lindsay Grant2, David Stoppa3, Fausto Borghetti3, Edoardo Charbon4,5, Marek Gersbach4,5, Robert K. Henderson1. 1 The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; 2STMicroelectronics, Imaging Division, Edinburgh, UK; 3Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy; 4EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; 5TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands;

10:00-10:15

Random Telegraph Signal in Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes

Mohammad Azim Karami1, Cristiano Niclass2, Edoardo Charbon1,2, 1Faculty of EEMSC, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; 2Department of ECE, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

10:15-10:30

A Low Dark Count Single Photon Avalanche Diode Structure Compatible with Standard Nanometer Scale CMOS Technology

Justin Richardson1,2, Lindsay Grant2, Robert K. Henderson1. 1The University of Edinburgh, Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, UK; 2STMicroelectronics Imaging Division, UK

10:30-10:45

Break

Session 09

High energy particle detection

Session Chair: Bart Dierickx, Caeleste, Belgium

10:45-11:00

Characterization of 3D integrated APS for X-ray detection

G. Prigozhin1 V. Suntharalingam2, D. Busacker2, R. Foster1, S. Kissel1, B. LaMarr1, A. Soares2 M. Bautz1. 1Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; 2Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

11:00-11:40

Invited Presentation – V

Flat-Panel Imaging Arrays for Digital Radiography

Timothy Tredwell1, Jeff Chang1, Jackson Lai1, Greg Heiler1, John Yorkston1, Jin Jang2, Jae Won Choi2, Jae Ik Kim2, Seung Hyun Park2, Jun Hyuk Cheon2, Sauabh Saxena2, Won Kyu Lee2, Arokia Nathan3, Eric Mozdy4, Sung Eun Ahn4, Carlo Kosik Williams4, Jeffery Cites4, Chuan Che Wang4.  1Carestream Health, Rochester, NY, 2Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 3London Center for Nanotechnology, University College, London, 4Corning Incorporated, NY, USA

11:40-12:00

Reset noise reduction architectures for the detection of charged particles

R. Turchetta1, T. Anaxagoras1,2, J. Crooks1, A. Godbeer1, N. Allinson2, T. Pickering1, A. Blue3, D. Maneuski3, V. O’Shea3. 1 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), U.K; 2Sheffield University, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UK; 3University of Glasgow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UK

12:00-13:30

Lunch

Session 10

Invited Presentation, High energy particle detection and Large format arrays

Session Chair: Pierre Magnan, ISAE/CIMI, Toulouse, France

13:30-13:45

Optoelectrical Performance Evolution of CMOS Image Sensors Exposed to Gamma Radiation

V. Goiffon, M. Estribeau, P. Magnan. ISAE, Toulouse, France

13:45-14:00

A radiation tolerant 4T pixel for space applications

Manuel Innocent. Cypress Semiconductor, Belgium.

14:00-14:15

Large-Format Medical X-Ray CMOS Image Sensor for High Resolution High Frame Rate Applications

R. Reshef, T. Leitner, S. Alfassi, E. Sarig, N. Golan, O. Berman, A. Fenigstein, H. Wolf, G. Hevel, S. Vilan and A. Lahav. Tower Semiconductor LTD, Israel

14:15-14:30

A wafer-scale CMOS APS imager for medical X-ray applications

L. Korthout, D.Verbugt, J.Timpert, A.Mierop, W.de Haan, W.Maes, J. de Meulmeester, W. Muhammad, B. Dillen, H. Stoldt, I. Peters, E. Fox. DALSA Professional Imaging, The Netherlands

14:30-14:45

Progress in 1.25-inch Digital-Output CMOS Image Sensor Developments for UDTV Application

I. Takayanagi, S. Osawa, T. Bales, K. Kawamura, N. Yoshimura, K. Kimura, H. Sugihara, E. Pages, A. Andersson, S. Matsuo, T. Oyama, M. Haque, H. Honda, T. Kawaguchi, M. Shoda, B. Almond1, P. Pahr2, S. Desumvila1, D. Wilcox1, Y. Mo3, J. Gleason3, T. Chow3,  J. Nakamura. Aptina Japan, LLC.; 1 Aptina UK, Ltd.; 2 Aptina Norway, AS.; 3Aptina LLC, USA

14:45-15:00

A 2.5 inch, 33Mpixel, 60 fps CMOS Image Sensor for UHDTV Application

Steven Huang, Takayuki Yamashita1, Yibing Wang, Kai Ling Ong, Kohji Mitani1, Ryohei Funatsu1, Hiroshi Shimamoto1, Lin Ping Ang, Loc Truong, Barmak Mansoorian. Forza Silicon Corporation, USA; 1NHK Science and Technical Laboratories

15:00-15:40

Invited Presentation – VI

Image artifacts caused by pixel bias cells in CMOS imagers targeted for mobile applications

Matthew Purcell, ST Microelectronics, U.K.

15:40-16:00

Break

 

 

Session 11

Various imager design topics - II

Session Chair: Renato Turchetta, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, U.K.

16:00-16:15

A 1/3.4-inch 2.1-Mpixel 240-frames/s CMOS Image Sensor

1Seunghyun Lim, 1Jimin Cheon, 1Youngcheol Chae, 2Wunki Jung, 2Dong-Hun Lee,2Seogheon Ham, 1Dongsoo Kim, and 1Gunhee Han. 1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. 2System LSI Division, Semiconductor Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Yongin-City, Kyungki-Do, Korea

16:15-16:30

Noise Reduction Effects of Column-Parallel Correlated Multiple Sampling and Source-Follower Driving Current Switching for CMOS Image Sensors

Shoji Kawahito, Sungho Suh, Takuma Shirei, Shinya Itoh, Satoshi Aoyama1. Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University; 1Brookman Technology, Inc., Japan;

16:30-16:45

12Mpixel snapshot shutter CMOS image sensor with 5.5um pixels operating @33fps with high shutter efficiency

Yannick De Wit, John Compiet, Bartosz Banachowicz, Vladimir Korobov, Gert Schippers. Cypress Semiconductor, Belgium

16:45-17:00

Implementing Global Shutter in a 4T Pixel

A. Krymski. Alexima, USA

17:00-17:15

Two-Stage Charge Transfer Pixel Using Pinned Diodes for Low-Noise Global Shutter Imaging

Keita Yasutomi1, Shinya Itoh1, Shoji Kawahito1, Toshihiro Tamura2. 1Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Japan; 2Photron Ltd., Japan

17:15-17:30

Design of photo-electron barrier for the Memory Node of a Global Shutter pixel based on a Pinned Photodiode

Assaf Lahav1, Adi Birman, Muriel Cohen, Tomer Leitner, Amos Fenigstein. 1 Tower Semiconductor LTD, Israel

17:30-17:45

Wide Dynamic Range Low Light Level CMOS Image Sensor

Boyd Fowler, Chiao Liu, Steve Mims, Janusz Balicki, Wang Li, Hung Do, Paul Vu. Fairchild Imaging, Inc., USA

17:45-18:00

A 1280x960 3.75um pixel CMOS imager with Triple Exposure HDR

Johannes Solhusvik1, Sohrab Yaghmai1, Arthur Kimmels1, Christian Stephansen1, Alf Storm1, Jenny Olsson1, Anders Rosnes1, Tore Martinussen1, Trygve Willassen1, Per Olaf Pahr1, Siri Eikedal1, Steve Shaw2, Ranjit Bhamra2, Sergey Velichko3, Dan Pates3, Sachin Datar3, Scott Smith3, Lingtao Jiang3, Dave Wing3, Ajaya Chilumula3, 1Aptina Imaging, Oslo, Norway,2Aptina Imaging, Bracknell, UK, 3Aptina Imaging, San Jose, CA, USA

18:00-18:05

Closing remarks

Nobukazu Teranishi – IISW Steering Committee and Host in 2011

19:00-21:00

Dinner