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Noise Reduction Effect of Multiple-Sampling-Based Signal-Readout Circuits for Ultra-Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors
This paper discusses the noise reduction effect of multiple-sampling-based signal readout circuits for implementing ultra-low-noise image sensors. The correlated multiple sampling (CMS) technique has recently become an important technology for high-gain column readout circuits in low-noise CMOS imag...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27827972 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16111867 |
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author | Kawahito, Shoji Seo, Min-Woong |
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description | This paper discusses the noise reduction effect of multiple-sampling-based signal readout circuits for implementing ultra-low-noise image sensors. The correlated multiple sampling (CMS) technique has recently become an important technology for high-gain column readout circuits in low-noise CMOS image sensors (CISs). This paper reveals how the column CMS circuits, together with a pixel having a high-conversion-gain charge detector and low-noise transistor, realizes deep sub-electron read noise levels based on the analysis of noise components in the signal readout chain from a pixel to the column analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The noise measurement results of experimental CISs are compared with the noise analysis and the effect of noise reduction to the sampling number is discussed at the deep sub-electron level. Images taken with three CMS gains of two, 16, and 128 show distinct advantage of image contrast for the gain of 128 (noise(median): 0.29 e(−)(rms)) when compared with the CMS gain of two (2.4 e(−)(rms)), or 16 (1.1 e(−)(rms)). |
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spelling | pubmed-51345262017-01-03 Noise Reduction Effect of Multiple-Sampling-Based Signal-Readout Circuits for Ultra-Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors Kawahito, Shoji Seo, Min-Woong Sensors (Basel) Article This paper discusses the noise reduction effect of multiple-sampling-based signal readout circuits for implementing ultra-low-noise image sensors. The correlated multiple sampling (CMS) technique has recently become an important technology for high-gain column readout circuits in low-noise CMOS image sensors (CISs). This paper reveals how the column CMS circuits, together with a pixel having a high-conversion-gain charge detector and low-noise transistor, realizes deep sub-electron read noise levels based on the analysis of noise components in the signal readout chain from a pixel to the column analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The noise measurement results of experimental CISs are compared with the noise analysis and the effect of noise reduction to the sampling number is discussed at the deep sub-electron level. Images taken with three CMS gains of two, 16, and 128 show distinct advantage of image contrast for the gain of 128 (noise(median): 0.29 e(−)(rms)) when compared with the CMS gain of two (2.4 e(−)(rms)), or 16 (1.1 e(−)(rms)). MDPI 2016-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5134526/ /pubmed/27827972 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16111867 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kawahito, Shoji Seo, Min-Woong Noise Reduction Effect of Multiple-Sampling-Based Signal-Readout Circuits for Ultra-Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors |
title | Noise Reduction Effect of Multiple-Sampling-Based Signal-Readout Circuits for Ultra-Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors |
title_full | Noise Reduction Effect of Multiple-Sampling-Based Signal-Readout Circuits for Ultra-Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors |
title_fullStr | Noise Reduction Effect of Multiple-Sampling-Based Signal-Readout Circuits for Ultra-Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors |
title_full_unstemmed | Noise Reduction Effect of Multiple-Sampling-Based Signal-Readout Circuits for Ultra-Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors |
title_short | Noise Reduction Effect of Multiple-Sampling-Based Signal-Readout Circuits for Ultra-Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors |
title_sort | noise reduction effect of multiple-sampling-based signal-readout circuits for ultra-low noise cmos image sensors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27827972 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s16111867 |
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