Image Sensor Workshop 2007 Program

Image Sensor Workshop 2007 takes off on June 6. There is a lot of interesting papers in the advanced program.

ST team presents a back-illuminated 1.45um pixel based on 1T5 (?) architecture:

A 3 Mega-Pixel Back-illuminated Image Sensor in 1T5 Architecture with 1.45 mm Pixel Pitch.
Jens Prima, Francois Roy, Perceval Coudrain, Xavier Gagnard, Norbert Moussy, Benoit Giffard and Pierre Gidon

Samsung presents its work on 1.4um pixel:

Optoelectronic Investigation for High Performance 1.4 mm pixel CMOS Image Sensors
Seong-Ho Cho, Gibum Kim, Hyunpil Noh, Chang-Rok Moon, Kangbok Lee, Kwangok Koh and Duckhyung Lee

Other interesting papers include:

Highlight Scene FPN on Shared Pixels and a Reduction Technique
Takashi Watanabe, Katsuji Kimura, Masamitsu Taki, Mitsuru Homma, Shoko Daikoku, and Tetsuya Fujimoto, and Kiyotoshi Misawa

1/4 Inch 2Mega CMOS Image Sensor Fabrication
Se Jung Oh, Jae Young Lim, Chan Ki Kim, An Sik Choi, Do Young Lee

Implementing a CMOS Image Sensor Noise Performance Model
Keith Findlater, Ryan Gow, David Renshaw, Lindsay Grant, John Hart, Stuart McLeod, Robert Nico

A 2.3e- Read Noise 1.3Mpixel CMOS Image Sensor with Per-Column Amplifier
Kwang-Bo Cho, Chiajen Lee, Siri Eikedal, Hai Yan, Taehee Cho, Tien-Min Miao, Jason Song, Christopher Zeleznik, Alexander Mokhnatyuk, and Sandor Barna

Continuous Time Column Parallel Readout for CMOS Image Sensor
G.G.Storm, M.D. Purcell, R.E. Elliott, L.A. Grant T.Lule, F. Mutze, and M.Sommer

Analysis of Source Follower Random Telegraph Signal Using nMOS and pMOS Array TEG
K. Abe, S. Sugawa, R. Kuroda, S. Watabe, N. Miyamoto, A. Teramoto, T. Ohmi, Y. Kamata and K. Shibusawa

Consideration of Dark Current Generation at The Transfer Channel Region in the Solid State Image Sensor
Yoshihisa Kunimi and Bedabrata Pain

1.4 Gpix/s, 2.9Mpix CMOS Image Sensor for Readout of Holographic Data Memory
Roel Aerts, Steve Domer, Judy Fong, Kellie Vanda, Ray Rubacha, Brannon Harris and Tomas Geurts

A High Speed High Resolution Digital CMOS Sensor
A. Krymski

Dynamic Range Extension of CMOS Imager With Linear Response by Hybrid Use of Active and Passive Pixel Readouts
Keilchiro Kagawa, Yudai Adachi, Yugo Nose, Kumiyuki Tam, Atsushi Wada, Masahimo Numoshita and Jun Ohta

Active Pixel Sensor Arrays in 90/65 nm CMOS-Technologies with Vertically Stacked Photodiodes
S. Henker, C. Mayr, J-U. Shlusler, R. Schuffny, U. Ramacher and A. Heitmann

A Wide Dynamic Range CMOS Image Sensor with Resistance to High Temperatures
Koichi Mizobuchi, Satoru Adachi, Tomokazu Yamashita, Seiichiro Okamura, Hiromichi Oshikubo, Nana Akahane and Shigetoshi Sugawa

A 121.8dB Dynamic Range CMOS Image Sensor using Pixel-Variation-Free Midpoint Potential Drive and Overlapping Multiple Exposures
Yusuke Oike, Atsushi Toda, Tadayuki Taura, Akihiko Kato, Hiroki Sato, Masanori Kasai and Tadakuni Narabu

A High Dynamic Range Digital Linlog CMOS Image Sensor Architecture Based on Event Readout of Pixels and Suitable for Low Voltage Operation
Alexandre Guilvard, Pierre Magnan, Josep Segura, and Philippe Martin-Gonthier

Color filter array with sparse color sampling crosses for mobile phone image sensors
Gang Luo

Crosstalk, Color Tint and Shading Correction for Small Pixel Size Image Sensor
Alexander Getman, Timofei Uvarov, YongIn Han, Bumsuk Kim, JungChak Ahn, YongHee Lee

Capacity and Image Lag Simulator as a Development Tool of CMOS Image Sensor
Kee-Hyun Paik, Jongcheol Shin, Seok-Ha Lee, Chang-Rok Moon, Chang-Hyo Koo, Keun-Ho Lee, Duckhyung Lee,Young-Kwan Park and Moon-Hyun Yoo

3-D Wave Optical Simulation of Light Wave-guide Structures by LBEM
Hideki Mutoh and Shigetoshi Sugawa

Wafer-Level Thinned CMOS Imagers Implemented in a Bulk-CMOS Technology
Bedabrata Pain, Chao Sun, Paul Vo, Bruce Hancock, Thomas Cunningham, Chris Wrigley, Risaku Toda, Victor White, Amrita Banerjee and Durgmadhab Misra

A monolithic 111-M Pixel High Speed, High Resolution CCD
Richard Bredthauer, Greg Bredthauer, and Kasey Boggs

Pixel-Level A/D Conversion: Comparison of Two Charge Packets Counting Techniques
Arnaud Peizerat, Marc Arques, Patrick Villard, Jean-Luc Martin

High Sensitivity of Dielectric films Structure for Advanced CMOS Image Sensor Technology
Chung-Wei Chang, Shou-Gwo Wuu, Dun-Nian Yaung, Chien-Hsien Tseng, Han-Chi Liu, David Yen, Yi-Jiun Lin, Chun-Ming Su, Chun-Yao Ko, C.Y. Yu1, C.H. Lo, F.J.Hsiu, C.S.Tsai, Chung S. Wang, Mingo Liu, Chrong-Jung Lin, Ya-Chin King

Modeling of the Temporal Pixel to Pixel Noise of CMOS Image Sensors
Cédric Leyris, François Roy, Didier Hérault, and Mathieu Marin

Characterization of the Buried Channel n-MOST Source Followers in CMOS Image Sensors
Xinyang Wang, Padmakumar R. Rao, and Albert J.P. Theuwissen

Optimization of Random Telegraph Noise Non Uniformity in a CMOS Pixel with a pinned-photodiode
Assaf Lahav, Dmitry Veinger and Amos Fenigstein

Column Parallel Signal Processing Techniques for Reducing Thermal and Random Telegraph Noises in CMOS Image Sensors
Shoji Kawahito and Nobuhiro Kawai

Twinkling Pixels: Random Telegraph Signals at Reset Gate Edge
Bedabrata Pain, Thomas J. Cunningham, Bruce Hancock, Chao Sun, and Chris Wrigley

Evaluation of a Small Negative Transfer Gate Bias on the Performance of 4T CMOS Image Sensor Pixels.
Hyungjun Han, Hongjoo Park, Parker Altice, Woonil Choi, Younsub Lim, Sangjoo Lee, Seok Kang, Jaeyeong.kim, Smith Yoon and Jerry Hynecek

Some Thoughts on Diffusion Dark Current
M.M. Blouke

Gr Gb difference in 3M CMOS Image Sensor with 1.75mm pixel
Bumsuk Kim, Yoonho Jang, Kyoungsik Moon, Eun-Gyu Lee, Alexander Getman, JungChak Ahn and YongHee Lee

CMOS Color Image Sensor with Overlaid Organic Photoconductive Layers Having Narrow Absorption Band
Shunji Takada, Mikio Ihama and Masafumi Inuiya

52 Mega-pixel APS-H-size CMOS Image Sensor for Super High Resolution Image Capturing
Masaaki Iwane, Takashi Matsuda, Takashi Sugai, Koichi Tazoe, Takashi Okagawa, Toshiaki Ono, Takanori Watanabe, Katsuhisa Ogawa, Hidekazu Takahashi and Shunsuke Inoue

Variability Limits the Advantage of Photo Diode’s Zero Bias Operation
Bart Dierickx

Stratified Photodiode a New Concept for Small Size High Performance CMOS Image Sensor Pixels.
Younsub Lim, Kyunglak Lee, Heejeong Hong, Jaeyeong Kim, Seunghoon Sa, Juil Lee, Daebyung.Kim and Jerry Hynecek

Super Small, Sub 2µm Pixels For Novel CMOS Image Sensors
G. Agranov, R. Mauritzson; S. Barna, J. Ladd, J. Jiang, A. Dokoutchaev and X. Fan

Improved Design of 1T Charge-Modulation Pixel Structure for Small-Size and Low-Dark-Current Achievements
Arnaud Tournier, François Roy, Guo-Neng Lu and Benoît Deschamps

Orthogonal Transfer Arrays for Wide-Field Adaptive Imaging
Barry E. Burke, Michael J. Cooper, Peter E. Doherty, Andrew H. Loomis, and Douglas J. Young, John L. Tonry and Peter Onaka

Overall, it's going to be a very interesting event.