IC designs 2005 and earlier

Table of contents

1. 1. N128
   2. 1-CHIP CMOS-CAMERA
   3. VISP 128
   4. AMS-Neuro
   5. Vision_IC Neuro
   6. Active-Pixel-Sensor
   7. High Speed CMOS Sensor (HSCS)
   8. Vision_IC CCam

N128

Image sensor coupled to a analog neural preprocessing unit. Array of 128x128 McCulloch Pitts neurons with nearest-neighbor coupling, enabling preprocessing like diffusion, binarisation and segmentation.

Technology	1,0 µm CMOS
Area	233 mm²
Tape-out	01_1997

1-CHIP CMOS-CAMERA

Image sensor coupled to on-chip digital signal processing unit. The image can be preprocessed to automatically correct gamma, fixed-pattern noise and defect pixels.

Technology	0,6 µm CMOS
Area	111 mm²
Tape-Out	01_1998

VISP 128

Visual Instruction Sensor Processor (VISP):
Analog Processor for 8x8 Matrix Multiplications (as in JPEG). Focal plane operation,
demonstrator imager with 64x128 Pixels. Analog pixel data is multiplied with digital
coefficients by digitally controlling the current paths in the analog processor.
A computational ADC performs binary weighted sum in a error-correcting current mode ADC. The analog processor is sufficient for JPEG compression with good quality.
The concept is fast enough to be scaled to 720 lines / 30 fps.

Technology	0,6 µm CMOS
Area	11,25 mm²
Tape-Out	02_2002

AMS-Neuro

Array of 4096 spiking neurons with nearest-neighbor coupling via adaptive Hebbian synapses. Used for image segmentation, with areas of similar gray scale values resulting in a wave-like synchronization.

Technology	0,35 µm CMOS
Area	42,25 mm²
Tape-Out	05_2003

Vision_IC Neuro

Mixed-signal processor for 128x128 analog image feature detection. Pixels are processed by a nearest-neighbor integrate-and-fire neural network with adaptive Hebbian synapses. Also used as a test chip for 3D connection technology.

Technology	130 nm CMOS
Area	50 mm²
Tape-Out	07_2003

Active-Pixel-Sensor

Active sub-100nm pixel image sensor to test structures in varying depths in the substrate, establishing different spectral sensitivity. This enables color processing without a color mask.

Technology	90 nm CMOS
Area	2,56 mm²
Tape-Out	07_2003

High Speed CMOS Sensor (HSCS)

128*128 pixel 300 FPS high-speed image sensor with digital feature processing (binarization and object tracking). Also used as a test chip for an ADPLL.

Technology	0,35 µm CMOS
Area	10,5 mm²
Tape-Out	12_2003

Vision_IC CCam

16384 digital pulse computation and routing cells, mimicking neural microcircuits. Pulsing pixels in each cell provide optical input. The overall chip enables neural-microcircuit-like image convolution similar to visual cortex

Technology	130 nm CMOS
Area	50 mm²
Tape-Out	11_2004
Publication	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4182396

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