A Photovoltaic Dynamic Vision Sensor

This article reports a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) proof-of-concept chip employing an unconventional photo-transduction front end. Instead of the conventional logarithmic transducer comprising a photodiode and a nonlinear load, the proposed pixel architecture uses a single diode operating in the pho...

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Autores: Fernández-Peramo, Pablo, Leñero-Bardallo, J. A., Rodríguez-Vázquez, Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/404604
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/404604
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85214847134
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Address event representation (AER)
Aasynchronous
Diode
Dynamic vision sensor (DVS) sensor
Event-based
Photovoltaic
Solar cell
Vision sensor
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Sumario:This article reports a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) proof-of-concept chip employing an unconventional photo-transduction front end. Instead of the conventional logarithmic transducer comprising a photodiode and a nonlinear load, the proposed pixel architecture uses a single diode operating in the photovoltaic regime. This operation regime, the same as employed for solar cells, features a voltage-current characteristic that endows the sensor with remarkable sensitivity to transient illumination variations, particularly in low-light conditions. Also, the lack of resistive loads benefits compactness and decreases static power consumption. Experimental results with the sensor in the article demonstrate advantages over previous art regarding noise and latency.