Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Reports on significant advances in solid-state IR imaging
- Describes a comprehensive, multidisciplinary research approach
- Lays the foundations of PbSe-based uncooled MWIR vision
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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About this book
This book describes the development of a new low-cost medium wavelength IR (MWIR) monolithic imager technology for high-speed uncooled industrial applications. It takes the baton on the latest technological advances in the field of vapor phase deposition (VPD) PbSe-based MWIR detection accomplished by the industrial partner NIT S.L., adding fundamental knowledge on the investigation of novel VLSI analog and mixed-signal design techniques at circuit and system levels for the development of the readout integrated device attached to the detector. In order to fulfill the operational requirements of VPD PbSe, this work proposes null inter-pixel crosstalk vision sensor architectures based on a digital-only focal plane array (FPA) of configurable pixel sensors. Each digital pixel sensor (DPS) cell is equipped with fast communication modules, self-biasing, offset cancellation, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and fixed patternnoise (FPN) correction. In-pixel power consumption is minimized by the use of comprehensive MOSFET subthreshold operation.
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Book Title: Low-Power CMOS Digital Pixel Imagers for High-Speed Uncooled PbSe IR Applications
Authors: Josep Maria Margarit
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49962-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49961-1Published: 09 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84285-1Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49962-8Published: 29 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 173
Number of Illustrations: 101 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Solid State Physics, Image Processing and Computer Vision