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VLSI implementation of a hexagonal topology CCD image sensor
Title
A VLSI implementation of a hexagonal topology CCD image sensor.
Creator
Madabushi, Vasudhevan., Florida Atlantic University, Shankar, Ravi, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description
In this thesis we report a VLSI design implementation of an application specific, full-frame architecture CCD image sensor for a handwritten Optical Character Recognition system. The design is targeted to the MOSIS 2mu, 2-poly/ 2-metal n-buried channel CCD/CMOS technology. The front side illuminated CCD image sensor uses a transparent polysilicon gate structure and is comprised of 84 (H) x 100 (V) pixels arranged in a hexagonal lattice structure. The sensor has unit pixel dimensions of 18...
Show moreIn this thesis we report a VLSI design implementation of an application specific, full-frame architecture CCD image sensor for a handwritten Optical Character Recognition system. The design is targeted to the MOSIS 2mu, 2-poly/ 2-metal n-buried channel CCD/CMOS technology. The front side illuminated CCD image sensor uses a transparent polysilicon gate structure and is comprised of 84 (H) x 100 (V) pixels arranged in a hexagonal lattice structure. The sensor has unit pixel dimensions of 18 lambda (H) x 16 lambda (V). A second layer of metal is used for shielding certain areas from incident light, and the effective pixel photosite area is 8 lambda x 8 lambda. The imaging pixels use a 3-phase structure (with an innovative addressing scheme for the hexagonal lattice) for image sensing and horizontal charge shift. Columns of charge are shifted into the vertical 2-phase CCD shift registers, which shift the charge out serially at high speed. The chip has been laid out on the 'tinychip' (2250 mu m x 2220 (mu m) pad frame and fabrication through MOSIS is planned next.
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Date Issued
1995
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15123
Subject Headings
Integrated circuits--Very large scale integration, Optical character recognition devices, Pattern recognition systems, Imaging systems
Format
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