Solid State Circuits Technology Workshop on CMOS Imaging Technology
Date: Wednesday, 7 February 1996 (before 1996 IEEE ISSCC)
Location: San Francisco Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, CA
The recent advances in CMOS-technology have opened the possibility of imagers offering significant
improvements in the functionality, power and cost of digital video and still cameras. The advent
of sub-micron CMOS-technology allows pixels which contain several FETs and are circuits in their
own right to be comparable in size to those existing on commercial CCD imagers . Fabrication on
standard CMOS process lines permits these imagers to be fully integrated with digital circuitry to
create single-chip camera systems.
The intent of this workshop is to bring together researchers, developers, and potential users of
CMOS imaging technology to share their ongoing work and it will acquaint circuit designers with
the possibilities provided by the merging of CMOS and imaging. The program is for one day with a
series of 30 minute talks and 10 minutes discussion and question periods.
The advanced program includes the following talks:
- Operation & analysis of CMOS active pixel sensors,
Bedabrata Pain, JPL
- Building & comparing passive & active pixels,
Peter Denyer, VLSI Vision Limited, UK
- Large area array with non-linear active current-mode pixels,
Vince Clark, Polaroid
- Fixed-pattern noise reduction techniques in CMOS imaging arrays,
Steve Decker, MIT
- Image array design considerations,
Steve Stunk, EG&G Reticon
- A 1024x1024 CMOS active pixel image sensor,
Alex Dickinson, AT&T Bell Labs
- Color signal processing for CMOS active pixel sensor,
David Gibbons, AT&T Bell Labs
- Analog CMOS implementation of low-level vision chips for low-power & real-time
applications, Xavier Arreguit, CSEM, Switzerland
- Technology & device scaling considerations for CMOS imagers,
Philip Wong, IBM
The workshop will begin with a continental breakfast at 8:00am and introductory remarks at 8:45am,
it will include lunch and conclude with a discussion period with refreshments around 5pm.
The workshop cost, including breakfast, lunch and breaks, is $145. Registration by mail before
17 January 1996 is required as seating will be limited. The attached
registration form should be mailed with checks made payable to SSCTC Workshop to
Anne Verfurth, SSCTC Workshop c/o Courtesy Associates, 655 15th St. NW -- Suite 300, Washington,
DC 20005, USA. Hotel registration forms are included in the ISSCC advanced program pamphlet and
should be arranged directly with the hotel (415-442-6755 for registration only).
Local Arrangements:
Anne Verfurth (Courtesy Associates) fax: (202)347-6109 ISSCC@mcimail.com
Organizers:
Alex Dickinson (AT&T Bell Labs) 908-949-1083 alex @ big.att.com
Dan McGrath (Polaroid Corp) 617-386-8792 mcgratd @ polaroid.com