Noise analysis and column FPN suppression technology

Noise is an important indicator that affects the image quality. Among the different processing strategies implemented in image sensors, the effect on the noise is complicated. The two types of noise that influences the imaging quality of the digital camera are analyzed firstly. The optical signal and reset signal of the typical correlated double sampling (CDS) are read out through two column amplifiers (CA), respectively. The performance of the two column amplifiers are not exactly the same, resulting in itself will bring the column FPN. To suppress the column FPN effectively, a single amplifier CDS scheme is proposed, which have only one CA, the power consumption and area of the proposed CDS circuit is reduced by half.