Publications

Books and book chapters
  1. J. Fernández-Berni, M. Suárez-Cambre; R. Carmona-Galán, V. Brea; R. del Río, D. Cabello and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Image feature extraction acceleration", in Ali Ismail Awad, M. Hassaballah (Eds.) Image Feature Detectors: Foundations, Innovations and Applications. Studies in Computational Intelligence Series. Springer. (to appear at the end of 2015)
Journal papers (indexed)
  1. I. Vornicu, R. Carmona-Galán, B. Pérez-Verdú and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Compact CMOS active quenching/recharge circuit for SPAD arrays". International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications. (First published on-line on Jul. 7, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/cta.2113). ISSN: 1097-007X. ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 1.254, Ranking(2014): 124/249(Q2), Category: Engineering Electrical & Electronic.
  2. J. Illade-Quinteiro, V. M. Brea, P. López, Diego Cabello, and G. Doménech-Asensi, "Distance measurement error in Time-of-Flight sensors due to shot noise", Sensors, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 4624-4642, 2015. ISSN 1424-8220 (DOI:10.3390/s150304624). ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 2.245, Ranking(2014): 10/56(Q1), Category: Instruments & Instrumentation.
  3. J. Illade-Quinteiro, P. López, V. Brea, D. Cabello, and G. Doménech-Asensi, "Four-transistor pinned photodiodes in standard CMOS technologies for time-of-flight sensors", Semiconductor Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 045002-045013, 2015. Online ISSN: 1361-6641, Print ISSN: 0268-1242 (DOI:10.1088/0268-1242/30/4/045002). ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 2.190, Ranking(2014): 52/249(Q1), Category: Engineering Electrical & Electronic.
  4. B. Blanco-Filgueira, P. López-Martínez, J. B. Roldán Aranda and Johann Hauer, "Analytical model for crosstalk in p-nwell photodiodes" IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 580-586, 2014. ISSN: 0018-9383 (DOI: 10.1109/TED.2014.2375345). ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 2.472, Ranking(2014): 37/249(Q1), Category: Engineering Electrical & Electronic.
  5. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, R. del Río, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "High dynamic range adaptation for ROI tracking based on reconfigurable concurrent dual sensing". IET Electronics Letters, Vol. 50, No. 24, pp. 1832-1834, Nov. 2014. ISSN: 0013-5194. (DOI: 10.1049/el.2014.3136). ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 0.930 Ranking(2014): 147/249(Q3), Category: Engineering Electrical & Electronic.
  6. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, R. del Río, R. Kleihorst, W. Philips and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Focal-Plane Sensing-Processing: A Power-Efficient Approach for the Implementation of Privacy-Aware Networked Visual Sensors". Sensors, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 15203-15226, Aug. 2014. ISSN: 1424-8220. (DOI: 10.3390/s140815203). ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 2.245, Ranking(2014): 10/56(Q1), Category: Instruments & Instrumentation.
  7. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, R. del Río and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Bottom-up performance analysis of focal-plane mixed-signal hardware for Viola-Jones early vision tasks". International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications. (First published on-line on Apr. 16, 2014. DOI: 10.1002/cta.1996). ISSN: 1097-007X. ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 1.254, Ranking(2014): 124/249(Q2), Category: Engineering Electrical & Electronic.
  8. B. Blanco-Filgueira, P. López-Martínez, and J. B. Roldán-Aranda, "Closed-form and Explicit Analytical Model for Crosstalk in CMOS Photodiodes". IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 60, No. 10, pp. 3459-3462, 2013. (DOI: 10.1109/TED.2013.2276748) ISSN: 0018-9383. ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 2.358, Ranking(2013): 44/249(Q1), Category: Engineering Electrical & Electronic.
  9. B. Blanco-Filgueira, P. López and J. B. Roldán, "Experimental characterization of peripheral photocurrent in CMOS photodiodes down to 65 nm technology", Semiconductor Science and Technology., Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 045011, April 2013. (DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/28/4/045011) ISSN: 0268-1242 (Print), 1361-6641 (Online). ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 2.206, Ranking(2013): 53/249(Q1), Category: Engineering Electrical & Electronic.
  10. R. Carmona-Galán, Á. Zarándy, Cs. Rekeczky, P. Földesy, A. Rodríguez-Pérez, C. Domínguez-Matas, J. Fernández-Berni, G. Liñán-Cembrano, B. Pérez-Verdú, Z. Kárász, M. Suárez-Cambre, V. M. Brea-Sánchez, T. Roska and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "A hierarchical vision processing architecture oriented to 3D integration of smart camera chips". Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol. 59, No. 10, Part A, pp. 908-919, 2013. (DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2013.03.002) ISSN: 1383-7621. ISI-JCR Impact Factor: 0.689, Ranking(2013): 32/50(Q3), Category: Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture.
Conference papers
  1. J. A. Leñero-Bardallo, R. Carmona-Galán, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "A high dynamic range image sensor with linear response based on asynchronous event detection". European Conference on Circuit Theory and Applications (ECCTD 2015), to be held in Trondheim (Norway), Aug. 2015.
  2. R. Carmona-Galán, J. Fernández-Berni, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Automatic DR and spatial sampling rate adaptation for secure and privacy-aware ROI tracking based on focal-plane image processing". International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW 2015), Vaals (The Netherlands), June 2015.
  3. A. Nieto, M. Mucientes and V. M. Brea, "System for Medical Mask Detection in the Operating Room through Facial Attributes", IbPRIA: 7th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), June 2015.
  4. J. Illade-Quinteiro, V. Brea, P. López, and Diego Cabello, "Dark Current Optimization of 4-Transistor Topologies in Standard CMOS Technologies for Time-of-Flight Sensors", International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2015), Lisbon (Portugal), May 2015.
  5. M. Suárez, V. M. Brea, J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, D. Cabello and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Live Demonstration: Gaussian Pyramid Extraction with a CMOS Vision Sensor", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2015), pp. 1899, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2015. ISBN: 978-1-4799-8390-2.
  6. I. Vornicu, R. Carmona-Galán and A. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "On the Calibration of a SPAD-Based 3D Imager with In-Pixel TDC Using a Time-Gated Technique", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2015), pp. 1102-1105, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2015. ISBN: 978-1-4799-8390-2.
  7. I. Vornicu, R. Carmona-Galán, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "A SPAD plus TDC array for 145ps-accuracy ToF measurement". IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging: Image Sensors and Imaging Systems, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 9403, pp. 94030I.1-6, San Francisco, California (USA), Feb. 2015. (DOI: 10.1117/12.2078777)
  8. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, R. del Río, R. Kleihorst, W. Philips, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Real-time single-exposure ROI-driven HDR adaptation based on focal-plane reconfiguration". IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging: Real-Time Image and Video Processing, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 9400, pp. 94000K.1-6, San Francisco, California (USA), Feb. 2015. (DOI: 10.1117/12.2078356)
  9. I. Vornicu, R. Carmona-Galán, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Wide Range 8ps Incremental Resolution Time Interval Generator Based on FPGA Technology". IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS 2014), pp. 395-398, Marseille (France), December 2014. (DOI: 10.1109/ICECS.2014.7050005)
  10. J. A. Leñero-Bardallo, J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, Philipp Häfliger, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Fire detection with an frame-less vision sensor working in the NIR band". Advances in Forest Fire Research: 7th International Conference on Forest Fire Research (ICFFR 2014), pp. 1376-1385, Coimbra (Portugal), November 2014. ISBN:978-989-26-0884-6. (DOI: 10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6_151)
  11. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, J. A. Leñero-Bardallo, R. Kleihorst, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Towards an ultra-low-power low-cost wireless visual sensor node for fine-grain detection of forest fires". Advances in Forest Fire Research: 7th International Conference on Forest Fire Research (ICFFR 2014), pp. 1571-1581, Coimbra (Portugal), November 2014. ISBN:978-989-26-0884-6. (DOI: 10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6_173)
  12. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, R. del Río, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "A QVGA Vision Sensor with Multi-functional Pixels for Focal-Plane Programmable Obfuscation". 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC 2014), pp. 12(1-6), Venice (Italy), November 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4503-2925-5. (DOI: 10.1145/2659021.2659045)
  13. I. Vornicu, R. Carmona and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "A CMOS 0.18um 64x64 Single Photon Image Sensor with in-Pixel 11b Time-to-Digital Converter". International Semiconductor Conference (CAS 2014), pp. 131-134, Sinaia (Romania), October 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4799-3916-9 (DOI: 10.1109/SMICND.2014.6966414)
  14. M. Suárez, V. M. Brea, J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, D. Cabello and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "A 26.5nJ/px 2.64Mpx/s CMOS Vision Sensor for Gaussian Pyramid Extraction", 40th European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC 2014), pp. 311-314, Venice (Italy), September 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4799-5694-4. (DOI: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2014.6942084)
  15. M. Suárez, V. M. Brea, J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, D. Cabello and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Gaussian Pyramid Extraction with a CMOS Vision Sensor", 14th International Workshop on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and their Applications (CNNA 2014), pp. 3.1(1-2), Notre Dame, Indiana (USA), July 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4799-6468-0. Online ISSN: 2165-0179. (DOI: 10.1109/CNNA.2014.6888606)
  16. P. Leyva, G. Doménech-Asensi, J. Garrigós, J. Illade-Quinteiro, V. Brea, P. López, and D. Cabello, "Simplification and Hardware Implementation of the Feature Descriptor Vector Calculation in the SIFT Algorithm", 24th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL 2014), pp. 1-4, Munich (Germany), August 2014. ISBN: 9781479933624 (DOI: 10.1109/FPL.2014.6927409)
  17. J. Illade-Quinteiro, V.M. Brea, P. López, D. Cabello, and G. Doménech-Asensi, "Custom Design of Pinned Photodiodes in Standard CMOS Technologies for Time-of-Flight Sensors", 14th International Workshop on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and their Applications (CNNA 2014), pp. 1-2, Notre Dame (USA), July 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4799-6468-0. Online ISSN: 2165-0179. (DOI: 10.1109/CNNA.2014.6888603)
  18. E. Ferro, J. Illade-Quinteiro, V.M. Brea, P. López, D. Cabello and G. Doménech-Asensi, "The Dickson Charge Pump as Voltage Booster for Light Energy Harvesting on CMOS Vision Chips", 14th International Workshop on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and their Applications (CNNA 2014), pp. 1-2, Notre Dame (USA), July 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4799-6468-0. Online ISSN: 2165-0179. (DOI: 10.1109/CNNA.2014.6888602)
  19. J. Illade-Quinteiro, V. M. Brea, P. Ló, B. Blanco-Filgueira, D. Cabello, G. Doménech-Asensi, "Dark Current in Standard CMOS Pinned Photodiodes for Time-of-Flight Sensors", 2014 IEEE Workshop on Microelectronics and Electron Devices (WMED 2014), pp. 32-35, Boise (Idaho, USA), April 2014. ISBN: 9781479922239 (DOI:10.1109/WMED.2014.6818726)
  20. Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, R. Carmona, Jorge Fernández-Berni, S. Vargas, J. A. Leñero and B. Pérez-Verdú, "Form Factor Improvement of Smart-Pixels for Vision Sensors through 3-D Vertically Integrated Technologies". 5th IEEE Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS 2014), pp. 1-4, Santiago (Chile), February 2014.
  21. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán, R. del Río, J. A. Leñero-Bardallo, M. Suárez-Cambre, Á. Rodrí-Vázquez, "Smart imaging for power-efficient extraction of Viola-Jones local descriptors". IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging: Image Sensors and Imaging Systems, Proceeding of SPIE, Vol. 9022, pp. 9022-09, San Francisco, California (USA), Feb. 2014. (DOI:10.1117/12.2042384) Best paper award.
  22. J. A. Leñero-Bardallo, J. Fernández-Berni and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Review of ADCs for imaging" IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging: Image Sensors and Imaging Systems, Proceeding of SPIE, Vol. 9022, pp. 9022-01, San Francisco, California (USA), Feb. 2014. (DOI:10.1117/12.2041682)
  23. V. M. Brea, M. Suárez, J. Illade-Quinteiro, P. López-Martínez, D. Cabello-Ferrer, G. Doménech-Asensi, "Voltage Boosters for On-Chip Solar Cells on Focal-Plane Processors". IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2013), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Dec. 2013.
  24. J. Illade-Quinteiro, V. M. Brea, P. López, B. Blanco-Filgueira, D. Cabello, G. Doménech-Asensi, "Comparison of Photosensing Structures in CMOS Standard Technology for Time-of-Flight Sensors". XXVIII Conference on Design of Circuits and Integrated System (DCIS 2013), San Sebastián, (España), Noviembre 2013.
  25. J. A. Díaz-Madrid, G. Domenech-Asensi, G. Rodríguez-Bermúdez, R. Carmona-Galán, "Implementación de un ADC de tipo cíclico y topología pipeline, reconfigurable y de bajo consumo en tecnología CMOS de 0.35um".Congreso nacional de I+D en Defensa y Seguridad (DESEi+d 2013), pp. 43-51, Madrid, Noviembre 2013. ISBN: 978-84-7402-399-2.
  26. B. Blanco-Filgueira, P. López, M. Suárez, J. B. Roldán, "CMOS Photodiode Model and HDL Implementation". 21st European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD 2013), pp. 1-4, Dresden (Germany), September 2013. (DOI: 10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662192)
  27. M. Suárez, V. M. Brea, D. Cabello, J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán and Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "A 176x120 Pixel CMOS Vision Chip for Gaussian Filtering with Massivelly Parallel CDS and A/D-Conversion", 21st European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD 2013), pp. 45:1-45:4, Dresden (Germany), September 2013 (Third Best Student Paper Award).
  28. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán and A. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "Reconfigurable focal-plane hardware for block-wise intra-frame HDR imaging", IISS International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW 2013), pp. 289-292, Snowbird Resort, Utah (USA), June 2013.
  29. J. Fernández-Berni, R. Carmona-Galán and A. Rodríguez-Vázquez, "An Ultra-Low-Power Voltage-Mode Asynchronous WTA-LTA Circuit", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013), pp. 1817-1820, Beijing, China, May 2013. ISBN: 978-1-4673-5761-6.
Last update: July 28, 2015