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An Accurate kTC Noise Analysis of CDS Circuits

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma, Antonino Caizzone

This work presents an analytical analysis of the thermal noise in widely used correlated double-sampling (CDS) circuits. The objective is to provide designers with simplified noise formulas essential for the design and optimization of such blocks. The obta ...

IEEE2018

Comprehensive Noise Analysis in PPG Read-out Chains

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma, Antonino Caizzone

2017

Analysis of CMS noise reduction for 65 nm CIS

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma, Raffaele Capoccia

This work explores the combination of a downscaled technology with in-pixel source-follower (SF) optimization, a high column-level gain and an analog implementation of Correlated-Multiple-Sampling (CMS) for noise reduction of CIS readout chains. Transient ...

2017

Ultra Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors

Assim Boukhayma

CMOS Image Sensors (CIS) overtook the charge coupled devices (CCDs) in low noise performance. Photoelectron counting capability is the next step for CIS for ultimate low light performance and new imaging paradigms. This work presents a review of CMOS image ...

EPFL2016

Sub-electron CIS noise analysis in 65 nm process

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma, Raffaele Capoccia

For a 4T pixel-based CMOS image sensors (CIS) readout chain, with column-level amplification and CDS, we show that the input-referred total noise in a standard 65 nm process can be reduced to 0.37 e-rms. Based on transient noise simulation using Eldo, the ...

2016

A Sub-0.5 Electron Read Noise VGA Image Sensor in a Standard CMOS Process

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma, Arnaud Peizerat

A sub-0.5e−rms temporal read noise VGA (640H×480V) CMOS image sensor has been integrated in a standard 0.18μm 4PM CMOS process. The low noise performance is achieved exclusively through circuit optimization without any process refinements. The presented im ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2016

A Low-Noise CMOS THz Imager Based on Source Modulation and an In-Pixel High-Q Passive Switched-Capacitor N-Path Filter

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma

This paper presents the first low noise complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) terahertz (THz) imager based on source modulation and in-pixel high-Q filtering. The 31 × 31 focal plane array has been fully integrated in a 0 . 13 μ m standard CMOS pr ...

Mdpi Ag2016

Noise Reduction Techniques and Scaling Effects towards Photon Counting CMOS Image Sensors

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma

This paper presents an overview of the read noise in CMOS image sensors (CISs) based on four-transistors (4T) pixels, column-level amplification and correlated multiple sampling. Starting from the input-referred noise analytical formula, process level opti ...

Mdpi Ag2016

Temporal Readout Noise Analysis and Reduction Techniques for Low-Light CMOS Image Sensors

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma, Arnaud Peizerat

In this paper, an analytical noise calculation is presented to derive the impact of process and design parameters on 1/f and thermal noise for a low-noise CMOS image sensor (CIS) readout chain. It is shown that dramatic noise reduction is obtained by using ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2016

A correlated multiple sampling passive switched capacitor circuit for low light CMOS image sensors

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma

After a brief review of the principle of correlated multiple sampling (CMS) and its implementation techniques in CIS readout chains, a simple CMS passive circuit that (i) requires no additional active circuitry, (ii) has no impact on the output dynamic ran ...

IEEE2015

Simple thermal noise estimation of OTA-based switched-capacitor filters

Christian Enz, François Krummenacher, Assim Boukhayma

This paper presents a new analytical method to simply estimate the integrated thermal noise in switched-capacitor filters (SCF). It is shown how the Bode theorem, which is theoretically valid only for continuous-time passive filters, can be extended to als ...

2015

Recent trends in low-frequency noise reduction techniques for integrated circuits

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma

This paper presents the two main circuit techniques, namely autozeroing (AZ) and chopper stabilization (CS), that are used to reduce the 1/f noise and offset in amplifiers typically used in sensor electronics interfaces. After recalling their main properti ...

2015

Design optimization for low light CMOS image sensors readout chain

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma

Email Print Request Permissions For a CIS readout chain based on 4T pixel, column amplification and CDS, we confirm that thermal noise can be reduced to be neglected compared to 1/f noise using parameters independent of the pixel design, namely column leve ...

2014

Comparison of two optimized readout chains for low light CIS

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma

We compare the noise performance of two optimized readout chains that are based on 4T pixels and featuring the same bandwidth of 265kHz (enough to read 1Megapixel with 50frame/s). Both chains contain a 4T pixel, a column amplifier and a single slope analog ...

2014

A 533pW NEP 31×31 pixel THz image sensor based on in-pixel demodulation

Christian Enz, Assim Boukhayma

A THz 31×31 pixel, 100 fps image sensor integrated in a 130 nm CMOS process is presented. Taking advantage of the possibility to modulate the active source that lights the scene, a significant improvement in sensitivity and NEP is achieved by shifting the ...

2014

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