The VLSI Systems Center

Journal Papers

1991-2002

O. Yadid-Pecht, R. Ginosar and Y. Shacham-Diamand, "A random access photodiode array for intelligent image capture", IEEE Trans. on Elec. Dev., Vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 1772 - 1781, Aug.1991.

O. Yadid-Pecht, M. Gur, "A biologically-inspired improved MAXNET", IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 757-759, May 1995.

O. Yadid-Pecht, M. Gur, "Efficient biologically-based pattern recognition networks, Neural Networks, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 1061-1070, 1996.

O. Yadid-Pecht, L. Dvir, E. Brutman, M. Gerner, U. Shimony, "Handwritten musical notes recognition using a modified Neocognitron", Machine Vision and Applications, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 65-72, 1996.

O. Yadid-Pecht, B. Pain, C. Staller, C. Clark, E. Fossum, "CMOS active pixel sensor star tracker with regional electronic shutter", IEEE J. Solid State Circuits, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 285-288, February 1997.

O. Yadid-Pecht, E. Fossum, "Wide Intrascene Dynamic Range CMOS APS Using Dual Sampling" , IEEE Trans. Elec. Dev., special issue on solid state image sensors, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 1721-1724, October 1997.

O. Yadid-Pecht, "Wide dynamic range sensors", Optical Engineering, Vol. 38, No. 10, pp.1650-1660, October 1999.

O. Yadid-Pecht, "The Geometrical Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) for different pixel active area shapes", Optical Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 859-856, April 2000.

O. Yadid-Pecht, "Widening the dynamic range of pictures using a minimum spanning tree algorithm, Machine Vision and Applications", Machine Vision and Applications, No. 12, pp. 1-6, December 2000.

I. Shcherback, O. Yadid-Pecht, "CMOS APS MTF Modeling", IEEE Trans. Elec. Dev., Vol. 48, No. 12, December 2001.

I. Shcherback, A. Belenky, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Empirical Dark Current Modeling for CMOS Active Pixel Sensors (APS)", Optical Engineering, Special issue on Focal Plane Arrays, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 1216-1219, June 2002.

A. Morgenshtein, A. Fish, I. A. Wagner, "Gate-Diffusion Input (GDI) - A power-efficient method for digital combinatorial circuits", IEEE Trans. on VLSI systems, vol.10, no. 5, October, 2002.

2003

A. Fish, D. Turchin, O. Yadid-Pecht, "An APS with 2-Dimensional Winner-Take-All Selection Employing Adaptive Spatial Filtering and False Alarm Reduction", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Special issue on Image Sensors, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 159-165, January 2003.

I. Shcherback, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Photoresponse analysis and pixel shape optimization for CMOS Active Pixel Sensors" , IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Special issue on Image Sensors, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp.12-18, January 2003.

O. Yadid-Pecht, A. Belenky "In-Pixel Autoexposure CMOS APS" IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 38, No. 8, pp. 1425-1428, August 2003.

I. Shcherback, O. Yadid-Pecht, "CMOS APS Crosstalk Characterization Via Unique Submicron Scanning System measurements" , IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 50, No. 9, pp.1994-1997, September 2003.

2004

I. Shcherback, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Prediction of CMOS APS Design Enabling Maximum Photoresponse for Scalable CMOS Technologies" , IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp.285-287, February 2004.

A. Fish, D. Akselrod and O.Yadid-Pecht, "A Smart Sensor for High Precision Image Centroid computation via a Low Resolution Winner-take-all Circuit in conjunction with a Dynamic element matching algorithm" , Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing Journal, Vol. 39, No.3, pp.251-266, June 2004.

A. Fish and O. Yadid-Pecht, "Adaptive thresholding for visual attention and tracking systems" , Optical Engineering, Vol. 43, No.6, pp.1278-1279, June 2004.

A. Belenky, A. Fish, S. Hamami, V. Milrud and O. Yadid-Pecht, "Method for expanding the dynamic range of the readout integration circuits for uncooled micro-bolometer sensors ", Optical Engineering, Vol. 43, No.6, pp.1274-1275, June 2004.

S. Diller, A. Fish and O. Yadid-Pecht, "Advanced Output Chains for CMOS Image Sensors Based on an Active Column Sensor Approach - A Detailed Comparison ", Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, Volume 116, Issue 2 , pp. 304-311, October 2004.

M. Herscovitz, O. Yadid-Pecht, "A modified Multi Scale Retinex Algorithm with an Improved Global Impression of Brightness for Wide Dynamic Range Pictures" , in Machine Vision and Applications journal, Volume 15, Number 4, pp. 220-228, October 2004.

E. Artyomov, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Practical, computation efficient High-Order Neural Network for rotation and shift invariant pattern recognition ", International Journal on Information Theory and Applications, Vol. 11, 2004, pp. 68-72.

I. Shcherback, T. Danov, O. Yadid-Pecht, "A Comprehensive CMOS APS Crosstalk Study: Photoresponse Model, Technology and Design Trends ", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 2033-2042, Dec. 2004.

2005

T. Danov, I. Shcherback, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Study of CMOS APS Responsivity Enhancement: Ring-Shaped Photodiode ", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 126-130, Jan. 2005.

B. Maliatski, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Hardware driven adaptive k-means clustering for real time video imaging" , in IEEE TCSVT, Vol. 15, No 1, pp. 164-166, January 2005.

A. Fish, V. Milirud and O. Yadid-Pecht, "High speed and high resolution current winner-take-all circuit in conjunction with adaptive thresholding ", in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Vol. 52 no. 3 p.131-135, March 2005.

E. Artyomov, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Modified High-Order Neural Network for invariant pattern recognition ", Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 26, Issue 6, 1 May 2005, Pages 843-851.

E. Artyomov, Y. Rivenson, G. Levi, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Morton (Z) scan based real time variable resolution CMOS image sensor ", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2005, pp. 947 – 952.

Invited Papers

A. Belenky, E. Artyomov, A. Fish, O. Yadid-Pecht, "Wide Dynamic Range Imaging" , in The Neuromorphic Engineer, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan 2004, pp. 4.

O. Yadid-Pecht, R. Etienne-Cummings, Guest Editorial, Special Issue on Smart Sensors, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing journal, Vol. 39, No. 3, June 2004.

A. Fish, V. Milirud and O. Yadid-Pecht, "High Speed and High Precision Current Winner-take-all Circuit" , in The Neuromorphic Engineer Journal, Spring 2005.