PROPOSAL NUMBER 99-1 12.07-2200 (Chron: 991038)
PROJECT TITLE
Low Cost HDTV CMOS APS Camera-on-a-Chip
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (LIMIT 200 WORDS)
The proposed innovation to be addressed in this work is the development of a low-cost and ultra-compact HDTV CMOS APS digital camera-on-a-chip for Earth Science Information Technology to use for hyperspectral aerospace instruments as well as for commercial color imaging. This system-on-a-chip technology was recently invented and developed by the Photobit's founders during their former employment with the JPL and in the past three years at Photobit. It is a high performance, low power, very compact and cost efficient CMOS image sensor technology that provides resolution, sensitivity and dynamic range competitive with CCDs yet offers significant system advantages. In Phase I, optimal architectures to achieve both excellent image quality and the world smallest active pixel size (3.6-micron) will be investigated. The technical feasibility of obtaining ultra-high resolution conforming to the HDTV standard (1,920 x 1,080), a dynamic range of over 60dB (10bit), a frame rate of 30Hz and an output data flow of approximately 1Gbit/sec will be studied. The main circuitry to implement this multi-million pixel camera-on-a-chip will be designed and simulated. The physical layout of the pixel array, row and column drivers, analog and digital signal processors will be performed. Special considerations for the system design will be suggested.
POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
This high-resolution CMOS APS technology is expected to be suitable for many consumer, commercial, and military applications ranging from astronomy and biology, HDTV and digital photography, medical and computer imaging, security and home video, to star tracking, target detection, vehicle navigation, automatic inspection and other machine vision systems.
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (Name, Organization Name, Mail
Address,
City/State/Zip)
Dr. Vladimir Berezin
Photobit Corporation
135 N. Los Robles Ave. 7th Floor
Pasadena , CA 91101 - 1758
NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR (Firm Name, Mail Address, City/State/Zip)
Photobit Corporation
135 N. Los Robles Ave. 7th Floor
Pasadena , CA 91101 - 1758