A low-power-consumption 9bit 10MS/s pipeline ADC,used in a CMOS image sensor,is proposed. In the design, the decrease of power consumption is achieved by applying low-power-consumption and large-output-swing amplifier...A low-power-consumption 9bit 10MS/s pipeline ADC,used in a CMOS image sensor,is proposed. In the design, the decrease of power consumption is achieved by applying low-power-consumption and large-output-swing amplifiers with gain boost structure, and biasing all the cells with the same voltage bias source, which requires careful layout design and large capacitors. In addition,capacitor array DAC is also applied to reduce power consumption,and low threshold voltage MOS transistors are used to achieve a large signal processing range. The ADC was implemented in a 0.18μm 4M-1 P CMOS process,and the experimental results indicate that it consumes only 7mW, which is much less than general pipeline ADCs. The ADC was used in a 300000 pixels CMOS image sensor.展开更多
Self scanning photodiode array (SSPA) is a kind of solid state imaging sensor. The signal processing method using a special sector SSPA was investigated. Based on the principle and characteristics of SSPA, a signal ac...Self scanning photodiode array (SSPA) is a kind of solid state imaging sensor. The signal processing method using a special sector SSPA was investigated. Based on the principle and characteristics of SSPA, a signal acquisition and processing method controlled by computer was introduced. The amplification of weak signal, the matching of time sequence, the fast peak holding with low leakage, the high speed A/D conversion and nonlinear correction were discussed. This method can acquire the peak signal of every ring of sector SSPA with high accuracy and in real time. It can be used to detect the distribution of space light energy.展开更多
The Image sensor needs various image processing by Image Signal Processor （ISP） to improve image quality. Conventional cameras have their own software ISP functions to perform in PC instead of using commercial ISP c...The Image sensor needs various image processing by Image Signal Processor （ISP） to improve image quality. Conventional cameras have their own software ISP functions to perform in PC instead of using commercial ISP chips. However these methods have problems such as large computation for image processing. In this paper, th authors proposed ISP that significantly reduced chip area by efficiently sharing of hardware and software. Large operation blocks are designed to hardware for high performances, and hardware is imployed simultaneously with software considering the size of the hardware. The implemented ISP can process Video Graphics Array （VGA） （640 ＊ 480） images and has 91 450 gates size in 0. 35 μm process.展开更多
The Rician noise introduced into the diffusion tensor images （DTIs） can bring serious impacts on tensor calculation and fiber tracking. To decrease the effects of the Rician noise, we propose to consider the wavelet...The Rician noise introduced into the diffusion tensor images （DTIs） can bring serious impacts on tensor calculation and fiber tracking. To decrease the effects of the Rician noise, we propose to consider the wavelet-based diffusion method to denoise multiehannel typed diffusion weighted （DW） images. The presented smoothing strategy, which utilizes anisotropic nonlinear diffusion in wavelet domain, successfully removes noise while preserving both texture and edges. To evaluate quantitatively the efficiency of the presented method in accounting for the Rician noise introduced into the DW images, the peak-to-peak signal-to-noise ratio （PSNR） and signal-to-mean squared error ratio （SMSE） metrics are adopted. Based on the synthetic and real data, we calculated the ap- parent diffusion coefficient （ADC） and tracked the fibers. We made comparisons between the presented model, the wave shrinkage and regularized nonlinear diffusion smoothing method. All the experiment results prove quantitatively and visually the better performance of the presented filter.展开更多
A new on-line remote particle analysis system based on image processing has been developed to measure microparticles. The system is composed of particle collector sensor （PCS）, particle image sensor （PIS）, image r...A new on-line remote particle analysis system based on image processing has been developed to measure microparticles. The system is composed of particle collector sensor （PCS）, particle image sensor （PIS）, image remote transmit module and image processing system. Then some details of image processing are discussed. The main advantage of this system is more convenient in particle sample collection and particle image acquisition. The particle size can be obtained using the system with a deviation abot less than 1 μm, and the particle number can be obtained without deviation. The developed system is also convenient and versatile for other analyses of microparticle for academic and indttstrial application.展开更多
文摘A low-power-consumption 9bit 10MS/s pipeline ADC,used in a CMOS image sensor,is proposed. In the design, the decrease of power consumption is achieved by applying low-power-consumption and large-output-swing amplifiers with gain boost structure, and biasing all the cells with the same voltage bias source, which requires careful layout design and large capacitors. In addition,capacitor array DAC is also applied to reduce power consumption,and low threshold voltage MOS transistors are used to achieve a large signal processing range. The ADC was implemented in a 0.18μm 4M-1 P CMOS process,and the experimental results indicate that it consumes only 7mW, which is much less than general pipeline ADCs. The ADC was used in a 300000 pixels CMOS image sensor.
基金Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province ( 000689 ) Foundation from Education Department ofZhejiang Province(20040446)
文摘Self scanning photodiode array (SSPA) is a kind of solid state imaging sensor. The signal processing method using a special sector SSPA was investigated. Based on the principle and characteristics of SSPA, a signal acquisition and processing method controlled by computer was introduced. The amplification of weak signal, the matching of time sequence, the fast peak holding with low leakage, the high speed A/D conversion and nonlinear correction were discussed. This method can acquire the peak signal of every ring of sector SSPA with high accuracy and in real time. It can be used to detect the distribution of space light energy.
基金sponsored by ETRI System Semiconductor Industry Promotion Center,Human Resource Development Project for SoC Convergence and“System IC2010”project of Korea Ministry of Knowledge Economy
文摘The Image sensor needs various image processing by Image Signal Processor （ISP） to improve image quality. Conventional cameras have their own software ISP functions to perform in PC instead of using commercial ISP chips. However these methods have problems such as large computation for image processing. In this paper, th authors proposed ISP that significantly reduced chip area by efficiently sharing of hardware and software. Large operation blocks are designed to hardware for high performances, and hardware is imployed simultaneously with software considering the size of the hardware. The implemented ISP can process Video Graphics Array （VGA） （640 ＊ 480） images and has 91 450 gates size in 0. 35 μm process.
基金National‘973’ProjectGrant number:2003 CB716103+1 种基金Shanghai Normal University ProjectGrant number:SK200734
文摘The Rician noise introduced into the diffusion tensor images （DTIs） can bring serious impacts on tensor calculation and fiber tracking. To decrease the effects of the Rician noise, we propose to consider the wavelet-based diffusion method to denoise multiehannel typed diffusion weighted （DW） images. The presented smoothing strategy, which utilizes anisotropic nonlinear diffusion in wavelet domain, successfully removes noise while preserving both texture and edges. To evaluate quantitatively the efficiency of the presented method in accounting for the Rician noise introduced into the DW images, the peak-to-peak signal-to-noise ratio （PSNR） and signal-to-mean squared error ratio （SMSE） metrics are adopted. Based on the synthetic and real data, we calculated the ap- parent diffusion coefficient （ADC） and tracked the fibers. We made comparisons between the presented model, the wave shrinkage and regularized nonlinear diffusion smoothing method. All the experiment results prove quantitatively and visually the better performance of the presented filter.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61074163)
文摘A new on-line remote particle analysis system based on image processing has been developed to measure microparticles. The system is composed of particle collector sensor （PCS）, particle image sensor （PIS）, image remote transmit module and image processing system. Then some details of image processing are discussed. The main advantage of this system is more convenient in particle sample collection and particle image acquisition. The particle size can be obtained using the system with a deviation abot less than 1 μm, and the particle number can be obtained without deviation. The developed system is also convenient and versatile for other analyses of microparticle for academic and indttstrial application.
