Modeling and simulation of TDI CMOS image sensors

Kai-ming Nie; Su-ying Yao; Jiang-tao Xu; Jing Gao

doi:10.1117/12.2030813

11 September 2013 Modeling and simulation of TDI CMOS image sensors

Kai-ming Nie, Su-ying Yao, Jiang-tao Xu, Jing Gao

Proceedings Volume 8907, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: Infrared Imaging and Applications; 89070F (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030813
Event: ISPDI 2013 - Fifth International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging, 2013, Beijing, China

Abstract

In this paper, a mathematical model of TDI CMOS image sensors was established in behavioral level through MATLAB based on the principle of a TDI CMOS image sensor using temporal oversampling rolling shutter in the along-track direction. The geometric perspective and light energy transmission relationships between the scene and the image on the sensor are included in the proposed model. A graphical user interface (GUI) of the model was also established. A high resolution satellitic picture was used to model the virtual scene being photographed. The effectiveness of the proposed model was verified by computer simulations based on the satellitic picture. In order to guide the design of TDI CMOS image sensors, the impacts of some parameters of TDI CMOS image sensors including pixel pitch, pixel photosensitive size, and integration time on the performance of the sensors were researched through the proposed model. The impacts of the above parameters on the sensors were quantified by sensor’s modulation transfer function (MTF) of the along-track direction, which was calculated by slanted-edge method. The simulation results indicated that the TDI CMOS image sensor can get a better performance with smaller pixel photosensitive size and shorter integration time. The proposed model is useful in the process of researching and developing a TDI CMOS image sensor.

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Kai-ming Nie, Su-ying Yao, Jiang-tao Xu, and Jing Gao "Modeling and simulation of TDI CMOS image sensors", Proc. SPIE 8907, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: Infrared Imaging and Applications, 89070F (11 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2030813

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