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Burst Vision Using Single-Photon Cameras

Edoardo Charbon, Paul Mos, Mohit Gupta

Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are novel image sensors that record the arrival of individual photons at extremely high temporal resolution. In the past, they were only available as single pixels or small-format arrays, for various active imaging ap ...

IEEE COMPUTER SOC2023

Experimental Verification of the Impact of Analog CMS on CIS Readout Noise

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma, Raffaele Capoccia

In this article, the impact of the combination of the column-level gain and the correlated multiple sampling (CMS) on the noise of CMOS image sensor (CIS) readout chains is first analyzed. The theory is then validated experimentally with CIS readout chains ...

2020

An Ultra Low-Noise Micropower PPG Sensor

Antonino Caizzone

Nowadays, efficient and remote health monitoring is becoming increasingly important, given both the ageing of population and the combined action of an increase in obesity level and cardiovascular diseases. The healthcare industry is becoming more reliant o ...

EPFL2020

Modeling for Ultra Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors

Raffaele Capoccia

The low-light performance of a CMOS image sensor (CIS) is one of the most important performance metrics in a camera, whether it is used in products for consumer electronics or in an image-acquisition system for machine vision or the Internet-of-Things (IoT ...

EPFL2020

Pixel sensor cell for cmos image sensors with enhanced conversion gain at high dynamic range capability

Assim Boukhayma

The present invention relates to a pixel sensor cell (1) for a CMOS sensor device comprising: - a photodiode (11) for generating photoelectrons; - a first transfer transistor (12) coupling the photodiode (11) with an intermediate node (IN) and configured t ...

2019

Compact Modeling of Charge Transfer in Pinned Photodiodes for CMOS Image Sensors

Christian Enz, Farzan Jazaeri, Assim Boukhayma, Raffaele Capoccia

In this paper, we propose a physics-based compact model of the pinned photodiode (PPD) combined with the transfer gate. A set of analytical expressions is derived for the 2-D electrostatic profile, the PPD capacitance, and the charge transfer current. The ...

2019

Noise Reduction Techniques and Scaling Effects towards Photon Counting CMOS Image Sensors

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma

This paper presents an overview of the read noise in CMOS image sensors (CISs) based on four-transistors (4T) pixels, column-level amplification and correlated multiple sampling. Starting from the input-referred noise analytical formula, process level opti ...

Mdpi Ag2016

Ultra Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors

Assim Boukhayma

CMOS Image Sensors (CIS) overtook the charge coupled devices (CCDs) in low noise performance. Photoelectron counting capability is the next step for CIS for ultimate low light performance and new imaging paradigms. This work presents a review of CMOS image ...

EPFL2016

A Sub-0.5 Electron Read Noise VGA Image Sensor in a Standard CMOS Process

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma, Arnaud Peizerat

A sub-0.5e−rms temporal read noise VGA (640H×480V) CMOS image sensor has been integrated in a standard 0.18μm 4PM CMOS process. The low noise performance is achieved exclusively through circuit optimization without any process refinements. The presented im ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2016

Cmos image sensor

Assim Boukhayma, Arnaud Peizerat

A CMOS image sensor including a pixel including: a photodiode in series with a MOS transistor between a first reference potential and a sense node; a MOS transistor connecting the sense node to a second reference potential; and a third MOS transistor assem ...

2016