TY - JOUR
T1 - Integration of 555 temperature sensors into a 64 × 192 CMOS image sensor
AU - Abarca, Accel
AU - Xie, Shuang
AU - Markenhof, Jules
AU - Theuwissen, Albert
N1 - Accepted author manuscript
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this work, a novel approach for measuring relative temperature variations across the active area of a CMOS image sensor itself is presented. 555 Image pixels have been replaced by temperature sensors pixels (Tixels) in the same pixel array layer. Both sensors, pixels and Tixels, utilize the same readout structure to obtain the data. This approach of measuring temperature variations in the pixel array can be used to compensate for dark signal non-uniformity. Measurements of dark current and temperature have been performed in a temperature range of −40 and 90 °C. Results show that pixels and Tixels are working by using the same readout system based on source followers and column amplifiers. The average dark current of the image sensor increases with temperature in the temperature range of −40 and 60 °C, and at the same time, Tixels show high linear response, having a temperature error less than 0.6 °C after a 1st order best curve fitting.
AB - In this work, a novel approach for measuring relative temperature variations across the active area of a CMOS image sensor itself is presented. 555 Image pixels have been replaced by temperature sensors pixels (Tixels) in the same pixel array layer. Both sensors, pixels and Tixels, utilize the same readout structure to obtain the data. This approach of measuring temperature variations in the pixel array can be used to compensate for dark signal non-uniformity. Measurements of dark current and temperature have been performed in a temperature range of −40 and 90 °C. Results show that pixels and Tixels are working by using the same readout system based on source followers and column amplifiers. The average dark current of the image sensor increases with temperature in the temperature range of −40 and 60 °C, and at the same time, Tixels show high linear response, having a temperature error less than 0.6 °C after a 1st order best curve fitting.
KW - BJT temperature sensor
KW - CMOS image sensors
KW - Dark current
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053803054&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.sna.2018.09.029
DO - 10.1016/j.sna.2018.09.029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053803054
SN - 0924-4247
VL - 282
SP - 243
EP - 250
JO - Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
JF - Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
ER -