WORKSHOP PAPER
Flexible binning structure for CCD color imagers
Jan Bosiers1, Harry van Kuijk1, Agnes Kleimann1, Inge Peters1, Frank Polderdijk1
1DALSA Professional Imaging, High Tech Campus 27, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Abstract

We developed a very flexible on-chip horizontal and vertical, RGB-compatible, binning structure for CCD imagers and implemented it in a new 60M-pixel CCD with 6µm x 6µm pixels. The purpose is to allow users of professional digital still cameras with very-high resolution imagers a choice between resolution vs. readout speed and sensitivity. This paper focuses on the design, simulations and measurement results of the on-chip binning structure. The actual binned image configurations that are possible and the result on image quality are not part of the scope of this presentation.
Publisher: IISS (Int. Image Sensors Society)
Year: 2009
Workshop: IISW
URL: https://doi.org/10.60928/8ij2-myic
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Keywords

CCD color imagers, RGB-compatible binning structure, professional digital still cameras,

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