CMOS Image Sensor: From Design to Application
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensing and Imaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 8 June 2025 | Viewed by 1631
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to invite you to share your latest studies with this Special Issue.
CMOS image sensors have reshaped the way we perceive and interact with the world, serving as a powerful engine for many fields such as machine vision, biomedical imaging, security surveillance, and mobile terminals. Moreover, the maturation of advanced driving assistance systems (ADASs) continues to increase the demand gap for automotive-grade image sensors. So far, mid- and high-end vehicles are equipped with an average of more than 10 onboard cameras. The latest reports show that the market shares of automotive cameras and CMOS image sensors are growing at an annual rate of 9.7% and 8.7%, respectively. In the meantime, complex application scenarios and stringent characterization requirements have also posed new challenges to CMOS image sensor technology.
The explosion of semiconductor technology has significantly accelerated the development of fabrication processes and circuit design. Process improvements will inevitably lead to advanced circuit designs and architectures. Currently, CMOS image sensors run on the highway of three “higher” properties, i.e., higher speed, higher resolution, and higher dynamic range. In this context, CMOS image sensors have more possibilities and broader prospects.
This Special Issue aims to highlight CMOS image sensors from design to application. All are welcome to share your latest findings and contributions about novel image sensor architecture, image sensor circuits, and image sensor fabrication processes. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Low noise imagers;
- High dynamic range imagers;
- Global shutter;
- High-speed imagers;
- Single photon avalanche diode;
- CCD-in-CMOS;
- Emerging pixel architecture;
- Pixel characterization and modelling;
- Processing-in-pixel;
- Analog and digital circuits for imagers;
- Time-of-flight;
- Event-based vision sensor;
- Light detection and ranging;
- Integration of sensing, computing, storage, and communications;
- Novel stacking technique for imagers.
Prof. Dr. Yuchun Chang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- low noise imagers
- high dynamic range imagers
- global shutter
- high-speed imagers
- single photon avalanche diode
- CCD-in-CMOS
- emerging pixel architecture
- pixel characterization and modelling
- processing-in-pixel
- analog and digital circuits for imagers
- time-of-flight
- event-based vision sensor
- light detection and ranging
- integration of sensing, computing, storage, and communications
- novel stacking technique for imagers
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