Monolithic integration of light sensor readout system for multi-functional LED wafer-level packaging based on BICMOS process

LED-based lighting is becoming increasingly popular in recent year, but LED development especially for lighting application now seems unavoidable. The various benefits of LEDs and the continuous increase in their performance allied to the decrease of the manufacturing costs makes it quite attractive. It is widely believed that LEDs would be a...

A Fast and Accurate SystemC / SystemC-AMS Model for Super-Regenerative Radio

A new and precise mixed-signal model for a super-regenerative radio system based on the recent published language SystemC/SystemC-AMS is presented in this thesis. The simulation time of the model is dramatically reduced so that the PLL is able to be included into the model to simulate the frequency difference between the transmitter and receiver...

Pixel ADC Design for Hybrid CMOS Image Sensors

This thesis presents the design of a pixel level analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit for hybrid CMOS image sensors. There are several methods to increase the dynamic range of the sensor through the readout algorithm. The multiple sampling method can increase the dynamic range (DR) without a loss of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The idea is...