WORKSHOP PAPER
An 89dB Dynamic Range CMOS Image Sensor with Dual Transfer Gate Pixel
Xinyang Wang1, Bram Wolfs1, Guy Meynants1, Jan Bogaerts1
1CMOSIS nv, Coveliersstraat 15, 2600 Antwerpen, Belgium

Abstract

This paper presents a 1 Megapixel CMOS image sensor which applies a dual charge transfer (dual-TX) scheme in the pixel to achieve a high dynamic range. The prototype sensor uses analog outputs and operates at maximum 20fps in rolling shutter. The sensor achieves 3.3e- temporal noise and 99Ke- full well capacity with 10m pixel pitch.
Publisher: IISS (Int. Image Sensors Society)
Year: 2011
Workshop: IISW
URL: https://doi.org/10.60928/keh6-0vve
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Keywords

CMOS image sensor, dynamic range, dual transfer gate,

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