ISSCC 2015
Session 6
Image Sensors
Single-Shot 200Mfps 5×3-Aperture Compressive CMOS Imager
Industries, Hamamatsu, Japan 1 2 Ultra-high-speed cameras are a powerful tool for biology as well as physics and mechanics to analyze the process of ultra-high-speed phenomena. The frame rate of the state-of-the-art burs
ISSCC 2015
Session 6
Image Sensors
A 45.5μW 15fps Always-On CMOS Image Sensor for Mobile and Wearable Devices
Most mobile devices embed a CMOS image sensor (CIS) for capturing images. In addition, a variety of sensors such as proximity, ambient light, and fingerprint sensors are integrated for device control. The integration of
ISSCC 2015
Session 6
Image Sensors
133Mpixel 60fps CMOS Image Sensor with 32-Column Shared High-Speed Column-Parallel SAR ADCs
Jeff Rysinski2, David Estrada2, Shi Yan2, Takuji Soeno1, Tomohiro Nakamura1, Tetsuya Hayashida1, Hiroshi Shimamoto1, Barmak Mansoorian2 NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan Forza Silicon, Pasadena
ISSCC 2015
Session 6
Image Sensors
A 1/1.7-inch 20Mpixel Back-Illuminated Stacked CMOS Image Sensor for New Imaging Applications
Naoki Kawazu1, Chihiro Okada1, Takumi Oka1, Kensuke Koiso2, Atsushi Masagaki1, Yoichi Yagasaki3, Shigeru Gonoi4, Tatsuya Ichikawa1, Masatoshi Mizuno5, Tatsuya Sugioka1, Takafumi Morikawa1, Yoshiaki Inada1, Hayato Wakabay
ISSCC 2015
Session 11
Image Sensors
Integrated Ultrasonic System for Measuring Body-Fat Composition
solution for accurate assessment of body fat is presented that addresses a growing consumer interest in economical and easy-to-use solutions for monitoring personal health and fitness. Unlike the prevalent present soluti
ISSCC 2015
Session 11
Image Sensors
A Multimodality CMOS Sensor Array for Cell-Based Assay and Drug Screening
tissue-specific physiological behaviors under external biochemical stimuli. External biochemical stimuli trigger endogenous cellular mechanisms that produce a cascade of physiological changes, resulting in easily measura
ISSCC 2015
Session 11
Image Sensors
A Multi-Channel Neural-Recording Amplifier System with 90dB CMRR Employing CMOS-Inverter-Based OTAs with CMFB Through Supply Rails in 65nm CMOS
In addition to minimizing input-referred noise and lowering power consumption, a good multi-channel neural amplifier system should be able to significantly reject common-mode electrical interference (CMI). The dominant s
ISSCC 2015
Session 11
Image Sensors
A Time-Correlated Single-Photon-Counting Sensor with 14GS/s Histogramming Time-to-Digital Converter
Andrew J. Holmes2, Bruce Rae2, Lindsay A. Grant2, Robert K. Henderson1 University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2 STMicroelectronics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1 Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC)
ISSCC 2015
Session 11
Image Sensors
A 160×120-Pixel Analog-Counting Single-Photon Imager With Sub-ns Time-Gating and Self-Referenced Column-Parallel A/D Conversion for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
image sensors able to gather information about photon position, number and time distribution, enabling cost-effective devices for scientific imaging applications like fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), Rama
ISSCC 2015
Session 11
Image Sensors
A 10.8ps-Time-Resolution 256×512 Image Sensor with 2-Tap True-CDS Lock-In Pixels for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
Taishi Takasawa1, Yoshimasa Kawata1, Nobukazu Teranishi1, Zhuo Li1, Izhal Abdul Halin2, Shoji Kawahito1 Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan Putra University, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia 1 2 Fluorescence lifetime ima
ISSCC 2015
Session 11
Image Sensors
A Time-Divided Spread-Spectrum Code Based 15pW-Detectable Multi-Channel fNIRS IC for Portable Functional Brain Imaging
degenerative brain diseases, such as stroke and Alzheimer’s disease, is rapidly increasing. It is imperative for those suffering from such slow progressing and recurring brain diseases to continuously monitor and manage
ISSCC 2014
Session 7
Image Sensors
A 512×424 CMOS 3D Time-of-Flight Image Sensor with Multi-Frequency Photo-Demodulation up to 130MHz and 2GS/s ADC
Cyrus S. Bamji, Dane Snow, Hideaki Oshima, Larry Prather, Mike Fenton, Lou Kordus, Pat O’Connor, Rich McCauley, Sheethal Nayak, Sunil Acharya, Swati Mehta, Tamer Elkhatib, Thomas Meyer, Tod O’Dwyer, Travis Perry, Vei-Han
ISSCC 2014
Session 7
Image Sensors
A 0.3mm-Resolution Time-of-Flight CMOS Range Imager with Column-Gating Clock-Skew Calibration
combination with 3D printers. One of the common technologies in contactless 3D scanners is the light-section method, which has advantages in term of accuracy. The method, however, requires a long base line between a came
ISSCC 2014
Session 7
Image Sensors
A 413×240-Pixel Sub-Centimeter Resolution Time-of-Flight CMOS Image Sensor with In-Pixel Background Canceling Using Lateral-Electric-Field Charge Modulators
have a wide range of applications, such as 3D mice, gesture-based remote controllers, amusement, robots, security systems, and automobiles. Numerous ToF range imager developments have been reported [1-4]. Recent developm
ISSCC 2014
Session 7
Image Sensors
pJ/pixel Bio-Inspired Time-Stamp-Based 2D Optic Flow Sensor for Artificial Compound Eyes
Miniaturized low-power artificial compound eyes in a small form factor and a low payload can be a promising approach to provide wide-field information for micro-air-vehicle (MAV) applications. Recently, research efforts
ISSCC 2014
Session 7
Image Sensors
A 1/4-inch 8Mpixel CMOS Image Sensor with 3D Backside-Illuminated 1.12µm Pixel with Front-Side Deep-Trench Isolation and Vertical Transfer Gate
Bumsuk Kim, Hongki Kim, Jongeun Park, Taesub Jung, Wonje Park, Taeheon Lee, Eunkyung Park, Sangjun Choi, Gyehun Choi, Haeyong Park, Yujung Choi, Seungwook Lee, Yunkyung Kim, Y. Jay Jung, Donghyuk Park, Seungjoo Nah, Youn
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
A 187.5μVrms-Read-Noise 51mW 1.4Mpixel CMOS Image Sensor with PMOSCAP Column CDS and 10b Self-Differential Offset-Cancelled Pipeline SAR-ADC
Masayoshi Chiba1, Takeshi Miyaba2, Hideki Tanaka1, Kyoichi Takenaka2, Satoshi Funayama1, Kunihiko Amano1, Kazuhide Sugiura1, Ryuta Okamoto1, Shouhei Kousai1 Toshiba, Kawasaki, Japan, 2Toshiba Microelectronics, Kawasaki,
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
A 3D Vision 2.1Mpixel Image Sensor for Single-Lens Camera Systems
We present a CMOS image sensor that enables a compact 3-dimensional (3D) vision camera system comprising a single set of the sensor and a camera lens. In order to make binocular parallax, which is essential for 3D imagin
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
3D Camera Based on Linear-Mode Gain-Modulated Avalanche Photodiodes
scientific and industrial communities have shown an increasing interest in range imaging, due to its potential exploitation in various application domains such as robotics, security and surveillance, vehicle safety, gami
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
A 0.18μm CMOS SoC for a 100m-Range 10fps 200×96-Pixel Time-of-Flight Depth Sensor
at consumer electronics applications have recently appeared in CMOS. Diffusedlight sensors taking advantage of SPAD pixels [1,3], conventional [2] and pinned-photodiode lock-in [4,5] pixels demonstrate centimeter-ranging
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
An 8×16-pixel 92kSPAD Time-Resolved Sensor with On-Pixel 64ps 12b TDC and 100MS/s Real-Time Energy Histogramming in 0.13μm CIS Technology for PET/MRI Applications
Robert K. Henderson3, Nicola Massari1, Matteo Perenzoni1, David Stoppa1, Richard Walker3 Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy, STMicroelectronics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 3 University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Unite
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
A 1/4-inch 8Mpixel Back-Illuminated Stacked CMOS Image Sensor
Hiroshi Kawanobe1, Ken Koseki2, Isao Hirota1, Tsutomu Haruta1, Masanori Kasai1, Koji Fukumoto1, Toshifumi Wakano1, Keishi Inoue3, Hiroshi Takahashi1, Takashi Nagano1, Yoshikazu Nitta1, Teruo Hirayama1, Noriyuki Fukushima
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
A Rolling-Shutter Distortion-Free 3D Stacked Image Sensor with -160dB Parasitic Light Sensitivity In-Pixel Storage Node
Mitsuhiro Tsukimura, Naohiro Takazawa, Hideki Kato, Toru Kondo, Haruhisa Saito, Yuichi Gomi, Yoshitaka Tadaki Olympus, Hachioji, Japan Conventional CMOS image sensors widely used in products currently on the market are m
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
A 467nW CMOS Visual Motion Sensor with Temporal Averaging and Pixel Aggregation
variety of new applications for wireless sensor nodes, ranging from military surveillance to in vivo molecular imaging. In particular, the ability to detect motion can enable more intelligent power management through on-
ISSCC 2013
Session 27
Image Sensors
A 3.4μW CMOS Image Sensor with Embedded Feature-Extraction Algorithm for Motion-Triggered Object-of-Interest Imaging
Distributed sensor nodes typically operate under the constraint of limited energy source, and power consumption is an important factor to extend the lifetime of sensor systems. Several low-power imagers have been reporte
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
A CMOS 10kpixel Baseline-Free Magnetic Bead Detector with Column-Parallel Readout for Miniaturized Immunoassays
setting remains an unsolved technological challenge. While laboratory instruments rely on enzymatic labels and require complex, difficult-to-miniaturize optics, devices using super-paramagnetic labels have emerged as an
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
A Wireless Magnetoresistive Sensing System for an Intra-Oral Tongue-Computer Interface
invasive, unobtrusive, wireless, and wearable tongue-operated assistive technology (AT) that enables individuals with severe physical disabilities to control environments with their free tongue motion. An array of magnet
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
A 100Mphoton/s Time-Resolved Mini-Silicon Photomultiplier with On-Chip Fluorescence Lifetime Estimation in 0.13µm CMOS Imaging Technology
Kingdom 1 2 Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) is a technique whereby lowlight signals are recorded with picosecond timing resolution relative to a synchronized optical impulse excitation, in order to extract
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
CMOS Capacitive Biosensor with Enhanced Sensitivity for Label-Free DNA Detection In addition, the device is also independent of duty asymmetry because the charging and discharging operations are repeated alternately with the same duration in a full cycle. This eliminates the DC drift in the output, resulting in robust and reproducible measurements.
electrical detection when used to quantify the hybridization of DNA molecules. They show rapid, robust, and inexpensive measurement and compatibility with commercial microfabrication technology. The real-time measurement
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
A 160µA Biopotential Acquisition ASIC with Fully Integrated IA and Motion-Artifact Suppression
in wearable/portable biopotential monitoring systems. These systems have very strict requirements in terms of power dissipation, high signal quality, small area (minimal use of externals) and robust operation during ambu
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
A Capacitive Touch Controller Robust to Display Noise for Ultrathin Touch Screen Displays
Hwa-Hyun Cho, Jong-Kang Park, Hae-Yong Ahn, Chang-Ju Lee, Min-Soo Cho, Joo-Hyeon Lee, Sang-Woo Kim, Hyung-Dal Kwon, Yong-Yeob Choi, Hosuk Na, Junchul Park, Yeon-Joong Shin, Kyungsuk Jang, Gyoocheol Hwang, Myunghee Lee Sa
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
A 0.5V 4.95µW 11.8fps PWM CMOS Imager with 82dB Dynamic Range and 0.055% Fixed-Pattern Noise
Lately, developing a low-voltage, power-efficient image sensor for disposable or implantable biomedical devices has become an important topic [1,2]. Instead of using a conventional CMOS active pixel sensor (APS), convert
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
A 1.36µW Adaptive CMOS Image Sensor with Reconfigurable Modes of Operation From Available Energy/Illumination for Distributed Wireless Sensor Network
For outdoor surveillance, sensitivity and dynamic range are important to deliver reliable images over widely changing illumination. However, constant monitoring with maximum awareness requires large power consumption and
ISSCC 2012
Session 6
Image Sensors
A Sampling-Based 128×128 Direct Photon-Counting X-Ray Image Sensor with 3 Energy Bins and Spatial Resolution of 60µm/pixel
Young Kim2, Sangwook Kim2, Dae-Kun Yoon2, Jun-Su Lee2, Jae-Chul Park2, Younghun Sung2, Seong-Deok Lee2, Seung-Tak Ryu1, Gyu-Hyeong Cho1 KAIST, Daejeon, Korea Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Yongin, Korea 1 2 Th
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
A 1920×1080 3.65µm-Pixel 2D/3D Image Sensor with Split and Binning Pixel Structure in 0.11µm Standard CMOS
very crucial in various applications such as robotics, automotive, augmented reality, and interactive gaming, because it enables electronic devices to recognize and track target objects without complicated post-processin
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
A QVGA-Range Image Sensor Based on BuriedChannel Demodulator Pixels in 0.18µm CMOS with Extended Dynamic Range
mainly in the entertainment segment, with products based on pattern-projection techniques. Although this technology has shown remarkable performance in terms of cost, measurement accuracy and power consumption, there is
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
A 1.5Mpixel RGBZ CMOS Image Sensor for Simultaneous Color and Range Image Capture
implementation and performance of relatively small Z pixels (2.25×9.0µm2). Work to date has focused on the Z pixels since the color pixels have commercial product heritage. Generally, smaller pixels collect fewer signal
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
A 14b Extended Counting ADC Implemented in a 24MPixel APS-C CMOS Image Sensor
Won-ho Choi, Yun-jung Kim, Chang-eun Kang, Ji-hun Shin, Kyo-jin Choo, Won-baek Lee, Jin-kyeong Heo, Byung-jo Kim, Se-jun Kim, Min-ho Kwon, Kwi-sung Yoo, Jin-ho Seo, Seog-heon Ham, Chi-young Choi, Gab-soo Han Samsung Elec
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
A 33Mpixel 120fps CMOS Image Sensor Using 12b Column-Parallel Pipelined Cyclic ADCs
Tomohiko Kosugi3, Tomoyuki Akahori3, Tetsuya Iida3, Keigo Isobe3, Takashi Watanabe3, Hiroshi Shimamoto1, Hiroshi Ohtake1, Satoshi Aoyama3, Shoji Kawahito2,3, Norifumi Egami1 NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
A 256×256 CMOS Image Sensor with ΔΣ-Based Single-Shot Compressed Sensing
Sony, Atsugi, Japan 1 2 Low power consumption is a primary concern in many CMOS image-sensor applications. As the resolution of these sensors has increased while maintaining or increasing their frame rates, A/D conversio
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
A 0.7e-rms-Temporal-Readout-Noise CMOS Image Sensor for Low-Light-Level Imaging
Belgium 4 Harvest Imaging, Bree, Belgium 1 2 For low-light-level imaging, the performance of a CMOS image sensor (CIS) is usually limited by the temporal readout noise (TRN) generated from its analog readout circuit chai
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
A Global-Shutter CMOS Image Sensor with Readout Speed of 1Tpixel/s Burst and 780Mpixel/s Continuous
Hideki Mutoh2, Ryuta Hirose3, Hideki Tominaga3, Kenji Takubo3, Yasushi Kondo3, Shigetoshi Sugawa1 Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Link Research, Odawara, Japan 3 Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan 1 2 Researchers in many advanced R
ISSCC 2012
Session 22
Image Sensors
An 83dB-Dynamic-Range Single-Exposure Global-Shutter CMOS Image Sensor with In-Pixel Dual Storage make the photon-shot signal the dominant noise, the sum of CDS-readout and DRS-readout signals is used.
Katsumi Honda1, Tadayuki Taura1, Takashi Machida1, Jun Okuno2, Atsuhiro Ando2, Taketo Fukuro2, Tomohiko Asatsuma1, Suzunori Endo2, Junpei Yamamoto2, Yasuhiro Nakano2, Takumi Kaneshige2, Ikuhiro Yamamura1, Takayuki Ezaki1
ISSCC 2011
Session 23
Image Sensors
A 1/2.33-inch 14.6M 1.4µm-Pixel BacksideIlluminated CMOS Image Sensor with Floating Diffusion Boosting
Younghwan Park1, Taesub Jung1, Youngheup Jang1, Bumsuk Kim1, Yitae Kim1, Shay Hamami2, Uzi Hizi2, Mickey Bahar2, Changrok Moon1, JungChak Ahn1, Duckhyung Lee1, Hiroshige Goto1, Yun-Tae Lee1 1 Samsung Electronics, Yong-In
ISSCC 2011
Session 23
Image Sensors
A 1/13-inch 30fps VGA SoC CMOS Image Sensor with Shared Reset and Transfer-Gate Pixel Control
T. Willassen1, S. Skaug1, T. Martinussen1, D. Whittlesea2, G. Ali3, J. Ladd3, X. Li3, S. Johnson3, V. Rajasekaran3, Y. Lee4, J. Bai3, M. Flores3, G. Davies2, H. Samiy2, A. Hanvey2, D. Perks2 1 Aptina, Oslo, Norway, Aptin
ISSCC 2011
Session 23
Image Sensors
An Angle-Sensitive CMOS Imager for Single-Sensor 3D Photography
Conventional cameras capture 2D photographs at a single plane of focus. Acquisition of a 3D photograph with multiple planes of focus typically requires scanning the focus of a single camera [1], or using arrays of camera
ISSCC 2011
Session 23
Image Sensors
A 128×96 Pixel Event-Driven Phase-Domain ΔΣBased Fully Digital 3D Camera in 0.13µm CMOS Imaging Technology
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, STMicroelectronics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Low-cost 3D image capture devices are enabling new applications in the gaming, robotics, automotive and surveillance indus
ISSCC 2011
Session 23
Image Sensors
A 300mm Wafer-Size CMOS Image Sensor with In-Pixel Voltage-Gain Amplifier and Column-Level Differential Readout Circuitry
Masato Fujita, Satoshi Hirayama, Taikan Kanou, Sakae Hashimoto, Genzo Momma, Shunsuke Inoue Canon, Kawasaki, Japan Large-format image sensors provide us with a new form of vision in several areas such as astronomy and in
ISSCC 2011
Session 23
Image Sensors
A 16 Mfps 165kpixel Backside-Illuminated CCD
Masatoshi Tanaka1, Kohsei Takehara1, Tomoo Okinaka1, Harry van Kuijk2, Wilco Klaassens2, Jan Bosiers2, Michael Lesser3, David Ouellette3, Hirotaka Maruyama4, Tetsuya Hayashida4, Toshiki Arai4 1 Kinki University, Higashi-
ISSCC 2011
Session 23
Image Sensors
A 320×256 90dB SNR and 25µm-Pixel-Pitch Infrared Image Sensor
cooled Infrared (IR) HgCdTe (Mercury Cadmium Telluride) hybrid sensors (detector bump-bounded over the CMOS IC) are very demanding in term of SNR (typical state-of-the-art values are in the 70to-80dB range [1,2]). Consid