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Field-Programmable Smart-Pixel Arrays: Design, Vlsi Implementation, And Applications, Sherif S. Sherif, Stefan K. Griebel, Albert Au, Dennis Hui, Ted H. Szymanski, Harvard Scott Hinton
Field-Programmable Smart-Pixel Arrays: Design, Vlsi Implementation, And Applications, Sherif S. Sherif, Stefan K. Griebel, Albert Au, Dennis Hui, Ted H. Szymanski, Harvard Scott Hinton
H. Scott Hinton
A smart-pixel array is a two-dimensional array of optoelectronic devices that combine optical inputs and outputs with electronic processing circuitry. A field-programmable smart-pixel array (FP-SPA) is a smart-pixel array capable of having its electronic functionality dynamically programmed in the field. Such devices could be used in a diverse range of applications, including optical switching, optical digital signal processing, and optical image processing. We describe the design, VLSI implementation, and applications of a first-generation FP-SPA implemented with the 0.8-μm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor–self-electro-optic effect device technology made available through the Lucent Technologies–Advanced Research Projects Agency Cooperative (Lucent/ARPA/COOP) program. We report spice simulations …