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http://dx.doi.org/10.5369/JSST.2002.11.5.255

Design of a Vision Chip for Edge Detection with an Elimination Function of Output Offset due to MOSFET Mismatch  

Park, Jong-Ho (School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National Univ.)
Kim, Jung-Hwan (School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National Univ.)
Lee, Min-Ho (School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National Univ.)
Shin, Jang-Kyoo (School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National Univ.)
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Journal of Sensor Science and Technology / v.11, no.5, 2002 , pp. 255-262 More about this Journal
Abstract
Human retina is able to detect the edge of an object effectively. We designed a CMOS vision chip by modeling cells of the retina as hardwares involved in edge detection. There are several fluctuation factors which affect characteristics of MOSFETs during CMOS fabrication process and this effect appears as output offset of the vision chip which is composed of pixel arrays and readout circuits. The vision chip detecting edge information from input image is used for input stage of other systems. Therefore, the output offset of a vision chip determine the efficiency of the entire performance of a system. In order to eliminate the offset at the output stage, we designed a vision chip by using CDS(Correlated Double Sampling) technique. Using standard CMOS process, it is possible to integrate with other circuits. Having reliable output characteristics, this chip can be used at the input stage for many applications, like targe tracking system, fingerprint recognition system, human-friendly robot system and etc.
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