This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project seeks to develop a Advanced Dynamically Configurable Frame Rate throatling Si-CMOS Image Sensor that will provide a wide dynamic range compatible to any light (very high to low lighting) conditions. The proposed CMOS sensors will have a capability of dynamically throttle frame rates (15 Hz 240 Hz) allowing longer integration time to few photons available in low light conditions and short integration to high light conditions without saturation. The design realized in Phase I through modeling, simulations and analysis will provide a path to develop and manufacture a device that will meet small SWAP-C goals of future image sensors. The design will be further performed, optimized, and fabricated in Phase II during which the frame throttling in the proposed Si-CMOS image sensor will be demonstrated.
