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Non-linearity in wide dynamic range CMOS image sensors utilizing a partial charge transfer technique


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Shafie, Suhaidi and Kawahito, Shoji and Abdul Halin, Izhal and Wan Hassan, Wan Zuha (2009) Non-linearity in wide dynamic range CMOS image sensors utilizing a partial charge transfer technique. Sensors, 9 (12). pp. 9452-9467. ISSN 1424-8220

Abstract

The partial charge transfer technique can expand the dynamic range of a CMOS image sensor by synthesizing two types of signal, namely the long and short accumulation time signals. However the short accumulation time signal obtained from partial transfer operation suffers of non-linearity with respect to the incident light. In this paper, an analysis of the non-linearity in partial charge transfer technique has been carried, and the relationship between dynamic range and the non-linearity is studied. The results show that the non-linearity is caused by two factors, namely the current diffusion, which has an exponential relation with the potential barrier, and the initial condition of photodiodes in which it shows that the error in the high illumination region increases as the ratio of the long to the short accumulation time raises. Moreover, the increment of the saturation level of photodiodes also increases the error in the high illumination region.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3390/s91209452
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Keywords: Electronic imaging; CMOS image sensor; Wide dynamic range; Partial charge transfer; Non-linearity
Depositing User: Fatimah Zahrah @ Aishah Amran
Date Deposited: 25 Dec 2014 09:39
Last Modified: 25 Dec 2014 09:39
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15828
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