Deep Insights into CMOS Sensors (in English)

With Imaging Expert Dr. Albert Theuwissen

CMOS image sensors can be found in many applications, ranging from consumer to professional.  And actually over time, more applications with solid-state imagers will be added.  That means that more engineers are going to be exposed to the solid-state imaging technology.
This course is intended to make the newcomers in the field familiar with the ins and outs of CMOS image sensor technology.  The two day training is held by the imaging-expert Dr. Albert Theuwissen in English. After a short introduction the course will focus on the general working principles of the CMOS imagers as well as on the detailed description of the pixel structure.  Main question will be: what can be done with these pixels and what are the practical limits?

Next the general imaging characteristics will be discussed as their dark current, anti-blooming, global shutter, rolling shutter, several fixed-pattern as well as temporal noise sources.  At the end of the course, a specification of an existing CMOS image sensor will be analyzed.  To make the course as interactive as possible, participants can bring their own sensor specification that can be analyzed and discussed in the class room.

Dr. Albert Theuwissen authored the book „Solid-State Imaging with Charge-Coupled Devices“. This work is still considered as one of the main textbooks in the field of solid-state imaging.
In March 2001, he became part-time professor at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. In Delft his main attention goes to the coaching of PhD students researching CMOS image sensors.
In April 2002, he joined DALSA Corp. to act first as the company‘s Chief Technology Officer and later as the Chief Scientist of DALSA Semiconductors. After he left DALSA in September 2007, he founded Harvest Imaging and now he is fully focusing on training, coaching and teaching in the field of solid-state imaging technology.
In 2008 Albert Theuwissen received the SMPTE‘s (Society for Motion Pictures and Television Engineers) Fuji Gold Medal for his contributions in research, development and education in the field of solid-state image capturing.

Find detailled information about this training here.

Goals

• The advantages and disadvantages of current CMOS image sensor technology
• The general imaging characteristics with their dark current, anti-blooming, global shutter, rolling shutter, several fixed pattern as well as temporal noise sources
• A specification analysis of an existing CMOS image sensor with strong practical approach

Target group
Technical minded imaging experts and engineers who are involved in CMOS Sensor projects and opportunities and who need more in-depth information about deployment, bug fixing and optimization.

Fees
1490,00 EUR (plus VAT) per Person, incl. trainings documentation, lunch and coffee breaks

Date and venue
June 26th to 27th, 2013
FRAMOS Office Pullach: Zugspitzstr. 5 – Haus C, 82049 Pullach im Isartal

If you‘re interested in a participation, we would be grateful for your application latest till June 14th, 2013.

We‘re looking forward to your application!