{"title":"A new structure for the silicon retina","authors":"Chung-Yu Wu, Chin-Fong Chiu","doi":"10.1109/IEDM.1992.307396","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A new silicon retina structure in CMOS is proposed and analyzed, which incorporates a parasitic phototransistor as an isolated photoreceptor with many phototransistors in a common well region. The smooth function is achieved by the diffusion of photogenerated carriers in the common well. Experimental results have verified the correct functions of the new structure as a silicon retina. Small chip area and compact wiring make the new structure quite realizable with the associated neural networks in VLSI.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":287098,"journal":{"name":"1992 International Technical Digest on Electron Devices Meeting","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"1992 International Technical Digest on Electron Devices Meeting","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEDM.1992.307396","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A new silicon retina structure in CMOS is proposed and analyzed, which incorporates a parasitic phototransistor as an isolated photoreceptor with many phototransistors in a common well region. The smooth function is achieved by the diffusion of photogenerated carriers in the common well. Experimental results have verified the correct functions of the new structure as a silicon retina. Small chip area and compact wiring make the new structure quite realizable with the associated neural networks in VLSI.<>