A Single Chip CCD Color Camera System Using Field Integration Mode

Abstract

A new color separation method for a single chip interline-transfer CCD color camera using a field integration mode has been established.
It is shown that use of the field integration mode can efficiently eliminate a lagged or residual signal from the previous field. Picture flickering near the Nyquist limit in the vertical resolution of CCD output signals is also remarkably suppressed.
A new color filter array, developed for the field integration mode CCD, has brought forth a high total picture quality, being applicable to high performance color cameras for home use