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High-stage analog accumulator for TDI CMOS image sensors

Jianxin Li, Fujun Huang, Yong Zong and Jing Gao

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 Corresponding author: Jing Gao, Email: gaojing@tju.edu.cn

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Abstract: The impact of the parasitic phenomenon on the performance of the analog accumulator in TDI CMOS image sensor is analyzed and resolved. A 128-stage optimized accumulator based on 0.18-μ m one-poly four-metal 3.3 V CMOS technology is designed and simulated. A charge injection effect from the top plate sampling is employed to compensate the un-eliminated parasitics based on the accumulator with a decoupling switch, and then a calibration circuit is designed to restrain the mismatch and Process, Voltage and Temperature (PVT) variations. The post layout simulation indicates that the improved SNR of the accumulator upgrades from 17.835 to 21.067 dB, while an ideal value is 21.072 dB. In addition, the linearity of the accumulator is 99.62%. The simulation results of two extreme cases and Monte Carlo show that the mismatch and PVT variations are restrained by the calibration circuit. Furthermore, it is promising to design a higher stage accumulator based on the proposed structure.

Key words: accumulatorsignal-to-noise ratio (SNR)time delay integration (TDI)CMOS image sensor (CIS)



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Fig. 1.  The structure of the column parallel analog accumulator.

Fig. 2.  The timing diagram of the accumulator. (a) All the controlling clocks. (b) The details of the controlling clocks.

Fig. 3.  (a) The equivalent circuit during the first sampling phase. (b) The equivalent circuit during the holding phase.

Fig. 4.  The equivalent circuits of the i -th idle integrator.

Fig. 5.  (a) The equivalent circuits of the accumulator in the sampling phase considering the parasitics. (b) The equivalent circuits of the accumulator in the holding phase considering the parasitics.

Fig. 6.  Layout of one integrator of the accumulator.

Fig. 7.  The improved SNR versus the designed number of stage.

Fig. 8.  The i-th integrator with decoupling switch.

Fig. 9.  The improved timing diagram of the accumulator. (a) All the controlling clocks. (b) The details of the controlling clocks.

Fig. 10.  The equivalent circuits of the i -th idle integrator with decoupling switch.

Fig. 11.  Change in the i -th integrator.

Fig. 12.  The increased voltage after closing the top plate switch versus the output voltage of OPA.

Fig. 15.  Layout of the bootstrapped switch in an integrator.

Fig. 13.  The operation principle of the bootstrapped switch proposed (a) when the i-th integrator is in the integration phase and (b) when the i-th integrator is not in the integration phase.

Fig. 14.  The circuit of the bootstrapped voltage generator.

Fig. 16.  The increased voltage of the integrating capacitor in the top plate sampling versus the bootstrapped switch versus the output of OPA.

Fig. 17.  The correction circuit.

Fig. 18.  Layout of the correction circuit.

Fig. 19.  The output curves of the accumulators @ 6.4 mV.

Fig. 20.  Outputs of the accumulator with linearly inputs.

Fig. 21.  The curves of the output of accumulators versus the times of the accumulation for different calibration codes @ 6.4 mV.

Fig. 22.  Simulation results in two extreme cases. (a) Best fast case. (b) Worst slow case. (@ 6.4 mV).

Fig. 23.  Results of Monte Carlo simulation @ 6.4 mV.

Table 1.   The improved SNR for each calibration code.

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    Received: 08 June 2015 Revised: Online: Published: 01 February 2016

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      Jianxin Li, Fujun Huang, Yong Zong, Jing Gao. High-stage analog accumulator for TDI CMOS image sensors[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2016, 37(2): 025001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/2/025001 J X Li, F J Huang, Y Zong, J Gao. High-stage analog accumulator for TDI CMOS image sensors[J]. J. Semicond., 2016, 37(2): 025001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/2/025001.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Jianxin Li, Fujun Huang, Yong Zong, Jing Gao. High-stage analog accumulator for TDI CMOS image sensors[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2016, 37(2): 025001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/2/025001

      J X Li, F J Huang, Y Zong, J Gao. High-stage analog accumulator for TDI CMOS image sensors[J]. J. Semicond., 2016, 37(2): 025001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/2/025001.
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      High-stage analog accumulator for TDI CMOS image sensors

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/2/025001
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      Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61404090, 61434004).

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      • Corresponding author: Email: gaojing@tju.edu.cn
      • Received Date: 2015-06-08
      • Accepted Date: 2015-09-01
      • Published Date: 2016-01-25

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