CV-A33CL
6.1.3. Column Process |
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The voltage signal from a single pixel is send to the | Columns |
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column amplifier trough the 4 to 1 multiplexer. After |
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the S/H circuit, the offset and gain calibrating is |
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perform. A 10 bit A/D converter send the digital pixel |
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multiplexing. Signals from a single row with 667 pixels |
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are processed in parallel and send to the shift register. |
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Control and timing is done from the timing block. |
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The calibrate command CB = 0 will start an automatic |
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converter. It reduces the vertical fix pattern column noise. |
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6.1.4. CV-A33 CMOS Sensor array
The CMOS sensor total array is 667 (h) x 502 (v). Here the 659 (h) x 494 (v) is active photo sensing pixels. 8 pixels (h) and 8 rows (v) are optical black pixels for internal black level reference. There is an A/D converter for each 4 columns.
A 4 to 1 multiplexer feed the signals from 4 columns to a A/D converter. The digital converter output is multiplexed to the 667 x10 bit register.
Timing
(502,667) | 667 Columns |
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decode | 667 x 502 sensor array | 502 |
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| 667 x 10 bit register | Video out |
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Fig. 10. CV-A33 CMOS sensor array
6.1.5. CMOS Sensor principle diagram
Fig. 11. CMOS sensor principle diagram
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