WORKSHOP PAPER
Ultra‐high speed imaging at megaframes per second with a megapixel CMOS image sensor.
J. Crooksa1, B. Marsha1, R. Turchettaa1, K. Taylorb2, W. Chanb2, A. Lahavc3, A. Fenigsteinc3
1STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
2Specialised Imaging, Unit 32, Silk Mill Ind. Est. Brook Street, Tring, Hertfordshire, UK
3TowerJazz Semiconductor Ltd, P.O.Box 619, Migdal Haemek, Israel

Abstract

This paper presents a highly scalable approach for achieving pixel rates in excess of 1012 pixel/sec in ultra-high speed imaging. The sensor, named Kirana, can store 180 consecutive frames in each pixel at speeds up to 5 Mframe/sec, similar to existing CCD sensors. It discusses the imager design, performance, and technical details of the CCD-in-CMOS technology.
Publisher: IISS (Int. Image Sensors Society)
Year: 2013
Workshop: IISW
URL: https://doi.org/10.60928/s7vz-v4g9
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Keywords

Ultra-high speed imaging, CMOS sensor, Kirana sensor,

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