Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Volume. 46, Issue 3, 449(2025)

Design of a Ramp Generator for Large-Scale CMOS Image Sensor Arrays

ZHU Xiaoxiao, WU Zhijun, ZHAI Jianghao, and ZHANG Yixiao
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  • Chongqing Optoelectronics Research Institute, Chongqing 400060, CHN
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    To meet the application requirements of large area array complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors (CIS), a ramp signal generator with slope and sample mode adjustment is presented in this paper. The design, simulation, and layout are implemented using a 90 nm (1.2 V/2.8 V) 1P5M CIS process. This circuit design has a simple structure, small area, adjustable slope. The slope amplitude is greater than 0.5 V, reset time is less than 70 ns, differential nonlinearity is +0.018 LSB/−0.012 LSB, and integrated nonlinearity is +0.37 LSB/−0.013 LSB, which meets the design and engineering application requirements of large array CIS.

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    ZHU Xiaoxiao, WU Zhijun, ZHAI Jianghao, ZHANG Yixiao. Design of a Ramp Generator for Large-Scale CMOS Image Sensor Arrays[J]. Semiconductor Optoelectronics, 2025, 46(3): 449

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    Received: Jan. 7, 2025

    Accepted: Sep. 18, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 18, 2025

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    DOI:10.16818/j.issn1001-5868.20250107001

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