| Abstract: A high-speed CMOS camera includes an array of pixel circuits coupled to a
photodiode array, an oscillator circuit, and a pattern generator circuit.
The pattern generator circuit includes a high speed shift register and a
non-overlap generator. The shift register is programmable to produce a
pulse train of trigger pulses that defines an interframe and a frame's
shutter duration. The non-overlap generator deserializes the incoming
pulse train of trigger pulses, and it produces a time-separated reset
pulse based on the pulse train of trigger pulses. The shift register is
configured to permit the frame durations and the interframe times to be
selected arbitrarily over specified ranges in increments of a basic time
unit that depends on the oscillator period. |
| Filed: 8/11/2016 |
| Application Number: 15/234636 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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