IRET - A CCD Focal Plane Image Processor Chip

E-S. Eid; Eric R. Fossum

doi:10.1117/12.960664

11 October 1989 IRET - A CCD Focal Plane Image Processor Chip

E-S. Eid, Eric R. Fossum

Proceedings Volume 1107, Infrared Detectors, Focal Plane Arrays, and Imaging Sensors; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960664
Event: SPIE 1989 Technical Symposium on Aerospace Sensing, 1989, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A focal-plane-array chip designed for real-time, general-purpose, image preprocessing is reported. A 48 X 48 pixel detector array and a 24 X 24 processing element processor array are monolithically integrated on the chip. The analog, charge-coupled device-based VLSI chip operates in the charge domain and has sensing, storing, and computing capabilities. It captures the image data and performs local neighborhood operations. It is digitally programmable and uses a single instruction, multiple data parallel architecture. Various image preprocessing tasks such as level shifting, gain adjustment, thresholding, smoothing, sharpening, and edge detection can be implemented. Frame-to-frame operations such as motion detection and tracking can be implemented as well. It can be programmed to perform A/D conversion prior to output. The chip was fabricated with a double-poly, double-metal process in a commercial CCD foundry. The prediction of the performance is based on numerical analysis and experimental results of testing a prototype charge-coupled computer. Operating at a modest clock frequency of 25 MHz, the chip is projected to achieve an internal throughput as high as 576 Mops with a 54 dB dynamic range (9-bit equivalent accuracy). The total power dissipation is estimated to be 20 mW. The total size of the 59-pad chip is 9.4 X 9.4 mm2.

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E-S. Eid and Eric R. Fossum "IRET - A CCD Focal Plane Image Processor Chip", Proc. SPIE 1107, Infrared Detectors, Focal Plane Arrays, and Imaging Sensors, (11 October 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960664

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