There could me many sources for row noise, for instance:
- supply noise, if PSRR is not high enough - bias circuits noise. They are common for the whole readout - column-level ADC reference voltage noise, or ramp noise in case of ramp ADC - coupling from digital part or digital I/O through the common substrate - many more reasons, sometimes very implementation-specific
To Vladimir : thanks for answering the question. To Anonymous : take also into account that the transfer gate, reset and row select lines run horizontally. While the column bus is running vertically. So cross talk of all pulses can introduce extra noise on the analog channel as well.
these crosstalks should be able to be avoided by a careful analog design and operation range setting. Basically 4T pixel works in a pure charge mode, so if all the devices can be kept in linear mode, the charge converation should be able to suppress these crosstalks.
What about the rest of the signal path? This is where the rubber meets the road, as they say. Think again about what VK and AT said about noise sources and capacitive coupling.
Albert, what are the sources of raw RMS noise please?? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteDo you mean row temporal noise ?
ReplyDeleteyes, sorry!!!
ReplyDeleteThere could me many sources for row noise, for instance:
ReplyDelete- supply noise, if PSRR is not high enough
- bias circuits noise. They are common for the whole readout
- column-level ADC reference voltage noise, or ramp noise in case of ramp ADC
- coupling from digital part or digital I/O through the common substrate
- many more reasons, sometimes very implementation-specific
thanks! do you think that 1/f noise is ultimate noise source?
ReplyDeleteFor the row noise? Not necessarily. See the list of the noise sources in my comment above.
ReplyDeleteTo Vladimir : thanks for answering the question.
ReplyDeleteTo Anonymous : take also into account that the transfer gate, reset and row select lines run horizontally. While the column bus is running vertically. So cross talk of all pulses can introduce extra noise on the analog channel as well.
these crosstalks should be able to be avoided by a careful analog design and operation range setting. Basically 4T pixel works in a pure charge mode, so if all the devices can be kept in linear mode, the charge converation should be able to suppress these crosstalks.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the rest of the signal path? This is where the rubber meets the road, as they say. Think again about what VK and AT said about noise sources and capacitive coupling.
DeleteHow many chips have you designed really please?
Deletereally?
DeleteDoesn't row signal delay or resistive drop in large arrays introduce row noise?
ReplyDeleteThose tend to be fixed pattern noise issues, but they can also contribute to temporal noise.
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