tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19092890.post1345409919076854702..comments2024-03-28T17:41:43.970+02:00Comments on Image Sensors World: ISSCC 2015 ReportVladimir Koifmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800020176563544699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19092890.post-85622042166928671832015-02-26T17:13:04.695+02:002015-02-26T17:13:04.695+02:00I guess that the SS-ADC counts at xGhz, so 116mW c...I guess that the SS-ADC counts at xGhz, so 116mW consumption is really a miracle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19092890.post-56893626206714972012015-02-26T01:27:45.156+02:002015-02-26T01:27:45.156+02:00Do they use always single-slope column ADC?Do they use always single-slope column ADC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19092890.post-57626627130166910322015-02-25T23:40:04.975+02:002015-02-25T23:40:04.975+02:00In the talk Sony mentions that the die size of the...In the talk Sony mentions that the die size of the stacked image sensor is reduced, and the imaging area is increased. They said the imaging area was increased to 1/1.7-inch format (1.43 um pixel) since this was a DSC application and not for mobile. But unfortunately no one asked about the total die cost since now two die are required per sensor instead of the baseline one die. <br />Noise reduction of -3 dB is achieved by their sampling scheme at an extra cost of 116mW. I also wished someone had asked about other ways one might spend 116mW to reduce noise (e.g. bias current). Anyway, there seemed to a few papers talking about reconfiguring chips on the fly for different modes including this Sony paper. I was not impressed with this particular sort of cleverness using a lot of switches, but I suppose it has its uses.<br /><br />Lastly, aside from the European SPAD work in the life sciences imaging session, the image sensors papers were all from Asia. (The NHK-Japan paper was co-authored by Forza-USA). This is really too bad but fortunately does not reflect the diversity we see in the 150+ abstracts submitted to 2015 IISW. Eric R Fossumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740612324630105312noreply@blogger.com