High-speed CMOS camera
Abstract
A high-speed CMOS camera includes an array of pixel circuits coupled to a photodiode array, an oscillator circuit, and a pattern generator circuit. The pattern generator circuit includes a high speed shift register and a non-overlap generator. The shift register is programmable to produce a pulse train of trigger pulses that defines an interframe and a frame's shutter duration. The non-overlap generator deserializes the incoming pulse train of trigger pulses, and it produces a time-separated reset pulse based on the pulse train of trigger pulses. The shift register is configured to permit the frame durations and the interframe times to be selected arbitrarily over specified ranges in increments of a basic time unit that depends on the oscillator period.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1470722
- Patent Number(s):
- 10057521
- Application Number:
- 15/234,636
- Assignee:
- National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2016 Aug 11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Sanchez, Marcos O., Claus, Liam D., Robertson, Gideon, Porter, Jr., John L., Pearson, Sean, Wessendorf, Kurt, Gurrieri, Tom, Hill, Thomas, Montoya, Andrew, and Trotter, Doug. High-speed CMOS camera. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web.
Sanchez, Marcos O., Claus, Liam D., Robertson, Gideon, Porter, Jr., John L., Pearson, Sean, Wessendorf, Kurt, Gurrieri, Tom, Hill, Thomas, Montoya, Andrew, & Trotter, Doug. High-speed CMOS camera. United States.
Sanchez, Marcos O., Claus, Liam D., Robertson, Gideon, Porter, Jr., John L., Pearson, Sean, Wessendorf, Kurt, Gurrieri, Tom, Hill, Thomas, Montoya, Andrew, and Trotter, Doug. Tue .
"High-speed CMOS camera". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1470722.
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abstractNote = {A high-speed CMOS camera includes an array of pixel circuits coupled to a photodiode array, an oscillator circuit, and a pattern generator circuit. The pattern generator circuit includes a high speed shift register and a non-overlap generator. The shift register is programmable to produce a pulse train of trigger pulses that defines an interframe and a frame's shutter duration. The non-overlap generator deserializes the incoming pulse train of trigger pulses, and it produces a time-separated reset pulse based on the pulse train of trigger pulses. The shift register is configured to permit the frame durations and the interframe times to be selected arbitrarily over specified ranges in increments of a basic time unit that depends on the oscillator period.},
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