Joon-Ho Lee

Demosaicing for RGBZ sensor

In this paper, we proposed a new technique for demosaicing a unique RGBZ color-depth imaging sensor, which captures color and depth images simultaneously, with a specially designed color-filter-array (CFA) where two out of six RGB color rows are replaced by “Z” pixels that capture depth information but no color information. Therefore, in an RGBZ image, the red, green and blue colors are more sparsely sampled than in a standard Bayer image. Due to the missing rows in the data image, commonly used demosaicing algorithms for the standard Bayer CFA cannot be applied directly. To this end, our method first fills-in the missing rows to reconstruct a full Bayer CFA, followed by a color-selective adaptive demosaicing algorithm that interpolates missing color components. In the first step, unlike common bilinear interpolation approaches that tend to blur edges, our edge-based directional interpolation approach, derived from de-interlacing techniques, emphasizes reconstructing more straight and sharp edges with fewer artifacts and thereby preserves the vertical resolution in the reconstructed the image. In the second step, to avoid using the newly estimated pixels for demosaicing, the bilateral-filter-based approach interpolates the missing color samples based on weighted average of adaptively selected known pixels from the local neighborhoods. Tests show that the proposed method reconstructs full color images while preserving edges details, avoiding artifacts, and removing noise with high efficiency.

Pseudo-random modulation for multiple 3D time-of-flight camera operation

3D time-of-flight depth cameras utilize modulated light sources to detect the distance to objects as phase information. A serious limitation may exist in cases when multiple depth time-of-flight cameras are imaging the same scene simultaneously. The interference caused by the multiple modulated light sources can severely distort captured depth images. To prevent this problem and enable concurrent 3D multi-camera imaging, we propose modulating the camera light source and demodulating the received signal using sequences of pulses, where the phase of each sequence is varied in a pseudo-random fashion. The proposed algorithm is mathematically derived and proved by experiment.

Investigation of pMOS Device Matching and Characteristics Using B18H22 Implantation

Implantation of the molecular ion B18H22+ has significant productivity benefits since very high particle current densities are possible with a low electrical beam current. We evaluated several applications of B18H22 in sub‐70 nm DRAM manufacturing, including polysilicon doping, source/drain doping, and p+ contact resistance reduction. For p+ poly doping, the process control available from molecular implant is up to six times superior than that from plasma doping. We also characterized B18H22 in high dose implantation processes (p+ source/drain and p+ contact plug implantation) to improve the productivity of these steps.