02537    a2200409   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001400136072001400150072001500164072001500179072001500194072001400209072001600223072001200239072001200251072001300263072001300276072001300289072001100302072001300313072002100326072002100347072002100368072002100389100001900410245008600429250000600515260002400521300001000545520155700555999001502112113861207320250317100402.0250312042021xx                   eng    a9781138612075  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 48.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aAJ2thema7 aAF2thema7 aTHR2thema7 aTJF2thema7 aUYT2thema7 aNH2thema7 aJBCT2thema7 aAJ2bic7 aAF2bic7 aTHR2bic7 aTJF2bic7 aUYT2bic7 aH2bic7 aJFD2bic7 aCOM0512402bisac7 aTEC0090202bisac7 aTEC0150002bisac7 a621.397322bisac1 aAndreas Süss10aHigh Performance CMOS Range ImagingbDevice Technology and Systems Considerations  a1  bCRC Pressc20210630  a262 p  bThis work is dedicated to CMOS based imaging with the emphasis on the noise modeling, characterization and optimization in order to contribute to the design of high performance imagers in general and range imagers in particular. CMOS is known to be superior to CCD due to its flexibility in terms of integration capabilities, but typically has to be enhanced to compete at parameters as for instance noise, dynamic range or spectral response. Temporal noise is an important topic, since it is one of the most crucial parameters that ultimately limits the performance and cannot be corrected. This work gathers the widespread theory on noise and extends the theory by a non-rigorous but potentially computing efficient algorithm to estimate noise in time sampled systems. This work contributed to two generations of LDPD based ToF range image sensors and proposed a new approach to implement the MSI PM ToF principle. This was verified to yield a significantly faster charge transfer, better linearity, dark current and matching performance. A non-linear and time-variant model is provided that takes into account undesired phenomena such as finite charge transfer speed and a parasitic sensitivity to light when the shutters should remain OFF, to allow for investigations of largesignal characteristics, sensitivity and precision. It was demonstrated that the model converges to a standard photodetector model and properly resembles the measurements. Finally the impact of these undesired phenomena on the range measurement performance is demonstrated.  c1365d1365