Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Edoardo Charbon
Quantum Architecture Group
Computer Architecture Laboratory, EPFL
Building IN-F 135
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
E-mail: edoardo.charbon@epfl.ch; http://people.epfl.ch/edoardo.charbon, http://aqua.epfl.ch/
About A Q U A
Our research mission is to model and develop hardware/software systems based on quantum devices. Particular emphasis is on high-speed 2D/3D optical sensing, embedded & reconfigurable processing architectures, single photon avalanche devices (SPAD) and design optimization techniques.
Our teaching mission is to equip engineers and scientists with a multi-disciplinary knowledge on state-of-the-art hardware/software systems.
Deadline for Paper submission: 30 June 2008 - extended: 15 July 2008
Summary
An increasing interest in new applications is driving significant research activity in the field of low-cost, ultra-high speed cameras. Such cameras must exhibit far smaller shutter time and jitter, while other properties, such as sensitivity, dynamic range, and linearity, may be traded off for speed. In this special issue we call for contributions on state-of-the-art in high performance imaging designs for a variety of new and conventional applications in science, engineering, and consumer fields.
Keywords
solid-state imaging, CCD, CMOS APS, single-photon detectors, low-light-level imaging, night-vision, 3D imaging, high dynamic range imaging, time-correlated lifetime imaging microscopy, spectral imaging
Published Papers
Jih-Huah Wu 1, Rong-Seng Chang 2, and Joe-Air Jiang 3,*
1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ming Chuan University, No. 5, Deming Rd., Gweishan Township, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
2 Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, No. 300, Jung-Da Rd., Chung-Li City, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan.
3 Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jajiang@ntu.edu.tw
Received: 2 November 2007 / Accepted: 18 December 2007 / Published: 19 December 2007
Full Research Paper: A Novel Pulse Measurement System by Using Laser Triangulation and a CMOS Image Sensor
Sensors 2007, 7, 3366-3385 (PDF format, 1500 K)
Jih-Huah Wu 1, Cheng-Chung Pen 2 and Joe-Air Jiang 3,*
1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ming Chuan University, No. 5, Deming Rd., Gweishan Township, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
2 Department of Optics and Photonics, National Central University, No. 300, Jung-Da Rd., Chung-Li City, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
3 Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Email: jajiang@ntu.edu.tw
Received: 22 December 2007 / Accepted: 10 March 2008 / Published: 13 March 2008
Full Research Paper: On Applications of the Integrated High-performance CMOS Image Sensor to Range Finders — From Optical Triangulation to Automobile Field
Sensors 2008, 8, 1719-1739 (PDF format, 448 K)
Suhaidi Shafie 1,* , Shoji Kawahito 2 and Shinya Itoh 2
1 Graduate School of Electronic Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu 432-8011, Japan
2 Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Nakaku, Hamamatsu 432-8011, Japan; E-mails: kawahito@idl.rie.shizuoka.ac.jp; sito@idl.rie.shizuoka.ac.jp
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: suhaidi@idl.rie.shizuoka.ac.jp
Received: 25 December 2007 / Accepted: 12 March 2008 / Published: 18 March 2008
Full Research Paper: A Dynamic Range Expansion Technique of CMOS Image Sensors with Dual Charge Storage in a Pixel and Multiple Sampling
Sensors 2008, 8, 1915-1926 (PDF format 347 K)
David C. Ng 1,4, Takashi Tokuda 1,4, Sadao Shiosaka 2,4, Yasuo Tano 3 and Jun Ohta 1,4,*
1 Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
2 Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
3 Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadagaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
4 CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 3-5 Sanban, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: ohta (a) ms.naist.jp; D. Ng was with the Graduate School of Materials Science at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology. He is now with National ICT Australia, Victoria, Australia.
Received: 8 April 2008 / Accepted: 9 May 2008 / Published: 15 May 2008
Review: Implantable Microimagers
Sensors 2008, 8, 3183-3204 (PDF format, 3730 K) DOI: 10.3390/s8053183
Submitted Paper
Meng Xiang-Ti *，Huang Qiang and Ma Yan-Xiu
Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing，P.R. China, 100084
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mengxt@tsinghua.edu.cn，
Tel: 86-10-62782847, Fax: 86-10-62771150
Received: 27 September 2007 / Accepted: / Published:
Full Paper: CMOS Image Sensors in China
Sensors 2007, 7, (PDF format, K)
Simona Privitera1,2, Salvatore Tudisco1,2,*, Luca Lanzanò1,2, Francesco Musumeci1,2, Alessandro Pluchino2, Agata Scordino1,2, Angelo Campisi1, Luigi Cosentino1, Paolo Finocchiaro1, Giovanni Condorelli3, Massimo Mazzillo3, Salvo Lombardo4, Emilio Sciacca4
1 INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via Santa Sofia 65, 95125 Catania (Italy)
E-mails: sprivitera@lns.infn.it, tudisco@lns.infn.it, lanzano-l@lns.infn.it, fmusumci@lns.infn.it, campisi@lns.infn.it, cosentino@lns.infn.it, finocchiaro@lns.infn.it
2 DMFCI-Dip. Met. Chim. Fis. Ing. & Dip. di Fisica ed Astronomia, Università di Catania
viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, (Italy)
E-mails: pluchino@ct.infn.it, ascordin@dmfci.unict.it
3 R&D, ST-Microelectronics, Stradale Primosole 50, 95100 Catania (Italy)
E-mails: giovanni.condorelli@st.com, massimo.mazzillo@st.com
4 IMM-CNR, Stradale Primosole 50, 95100 Catania (Italy)
E-mails: salvo.lombardo@imm.cnr.it, emilio.sciacca@ imm.cnr.it
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail tudisco@lns.infn.it
Received: 9 October 2007 / Accepted: / Published:
Full Paper: Single Photon Avalanche Diodes: towards the large bidimensional arrays
Sensors 2007, 7, (PDF format, K
Planned Paper
Title: "Thin Film on CMOS Active Pixel Sensor for Space Applications"
Authors: Jan Dirk Schulze Spuentrup 1,*, Joachim Burghartz 1 , Heinz-Gerd Graf 1 , Christina Harendt 1 , Franz Hutter 1 , Markus Nicke 1 , Uwe Schmidt 3 , Markus Schubert 2 , Juergen Sterzel 3
1 Institut fuer Mikroelektronik Stuttgart / 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
2 Institut fuer physikalische Elektronik Universität Stuttgart / 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
3 Jena-Optronik GmbH, 07745 Jena, Germany
* Institut fuer Mikroelektronik Stuttgart, Allmandring 30a, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany;
Tel.: +49-711-21855-286; Fax: +49-711-21855-111
Title: "A 1000 Frames/s Programmable Vision Chip with Variable Resolution and Row-Pixel-Mixed Parallel Image Processors"
Author: Nanjian Wu, Institute Of Semiconductors, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tel:86-10-82304210, Fax:86-10-82305052,
E-mail: nanjian@red.semi.ac.cn, http://159.226.228.70/semi-en2/talent/br/WuNanJian.htm
Abstract: A programmable vision chip with variable resolution and row-pixel-mixed parallel image processors is presented in this paper. The chip architecture is the combination of a sensor array with row-parallel 6-bit Algorithmic ADCs, row-parallel processors, and pixel-parallel SIMD Processing Element (PE) array, which can perform at 1000 Frames/s image processing. The chip can use high resolution for focus area and low resolution for general view. It implements gray-scale mathematical morphology algorithms to carry out low-level and mid-level image processing and sends out image features for consequent image processing. Various gray-scale mathematical morphology algorithms, such as dilation erosion and gradient, can be realized on it by software control. The maximum frequency of the vision chip is 40MHz with 64*64 resolution and 6-bit gray image. A prototype chip with 64*64 resolution is fabricated in 0.18mm CMOS process. The chip’s area is 1.5mm*3.5mm. Each pixel size is 9.5um*9.5um and each processing element size is 23um*29um. The chip was supplied by 3.3V&1.8V multiple Voltage.
Tentative Title: "Noise Reduction for CFA Image Sensors Exploiting HVS behavior"
Authors: Sebastiano Battiato - DMI - University of Catania; Angelo Bosco - STMicroelectronics - AST Imaging team, Catania lab;
Arcangelo Ranieri Bruna - STMicroelectronics - AST Imaging team, Catania lab; Ivana Guarneri - STMicroelectronics - AST Imaging team, Catania lab
Title: to be added
Topic: Technology CAD of Image Sensors
Author: Biju Jacob
E-mail: Biju.Jacob@synopsys.COM
Title: to be added
Topic: AER retina
Author: Tobi Delbruck, Patrick Lichtsteiner and Shih-Chii Liu
Institute of Neuroinformatics, UNI - ETH Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Fax: +41 (0)44 6353053
Title: to be added
Author: Dr. Bedabrata Pain
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Pasadena, CA 91 109, USA
Title: to be added
Author: Dr. Steve Collins
Robotics Research Group, University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
Office Room 31, Holder Building, Phone +44 1865 2 73151, Fax +44 1865 2 73905, Email steve.collins@eng.ox.ac.uk
Title: to be added
Author: Prof. Dr. Wen-Chung Kao
Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Electronic Technology & Department of Industrial Education, National Taiwan Normal University,
Tel: +886-2-2392-3105-EXT 831, Fax:+886-2-2351-5092, Email: jungkao@ntnu.edu.tw, Web: http://soc.aet.ntnu.edu.tw
Title: to be added
Author: Dr. R. Turchetta
Design Group Leader, CMOS Sensor, Science & Technology Facility Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom; E-mail: r.turchetta@stfc.ac.uk
Title: to be added
Author: Dr. Farid Boussaid
Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia; Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering,
E-mail: boussaid@ee.uwa.edu.au
Title: to be added
Author: Dr. Yavuz DEGERLI, CMOS Sensors Group, CEA Saclay, DAPNIA/SEDI, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, FRANCE
E-mail : degerli@cea.fr, Tel : +33 1 69 08 61 65/76 63; Fax : +33 1 69 08 31 47
Title: to be added
Author: Dr. Antoine DUPRET, Departement AXIS, Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Bâtiment 220, Université de Paris 11/Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, FRANCE
Tel.: +33(0)169156606 +33(0)688530048; Fax : +33(0)169154000
E-mail: antoine.dupret@ief.u-psud.fr
Title: to be added
Author: Dr. Sylvain FERUGLIO, Lecturer, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, EA 2385 - Groupe SYEL, B.C. 252, 3 rue Galilée, 94200 Ivry sur Seine
Tel. +33 144 27 84 05, Port. +33 660 75 52 65, Fax. +33 164 12 35 62
E-mail 1: sferuglio@neuf.fr, E-mail 2: sferuglio@lisif.jussieu.fr
Title: to be added
Author: Dr. Gustavo Liñán Cembrano, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, CNM-CSIC, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n (EDIF. CICA) 41012 Sevilla, E-mail: linan@imse.cnm.es, Tel. 95 505 66 66, FAX. 95 505 66 86
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