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FIGURE 13. Parallel Output CCD Timing
To maximize the integration time for the Red, Green, and
Blue photodiodes, the transfer (TR) pulses should be stag-
gered as shown inFigure 13. This is done by a demultiplex-
er (Mux 2) between the TR output of the LM9801 and the
transfer gate inputs of the CCD. If the CCD’s transfer gate
input capacitance is relatively low (see the CCD datasheet
for this specification and the requirements for TR pulse rise
and fall time), then the other half of the 74HC4052 may be
used to switch the TR pulses as shown. If the TR gate input
capacitance is so large that the minimum TR rise and fall
times can not be met because of the 200
X
max on resist-
ance of the 74HC4052’s switches, then the 74HC4052 can
not be used to multiplex the TR output and should be re-
placed with an active device such as the 74HC155 dual 2-
to-4 demultiplexer.
Two signals (A and B) must be generated to choose which
color is going to be digitized and receives the TR pulse.
These signals can be as simple as the output of a two bit
counter that counts from 0 to 2 (0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, etc.). This
counter should be incremented after the end of the previous
line and before the first transfer pulse of the next line. Also,
since each color will need a different VGA gain, the appro-
priate VGA gain value for each color should be sent to the
LM9801 during this time.
7.2 Parallel Output CCD, Three LM9801s
Figure 14 uses three LM9801s to achieve a 7.5 Mpixel/sec
(2.5M RGB pixels/sec) pixel rate. The three LM9801s are
synchronized by applying the same MCLK and SYNC sig-
nals to all three devices. One LM9801 provides the clock
signals required for the CCD. Since the coefficient data for
all three LM9801s will be latched simultaneously on the ris-
ing edge of CCLK, the correction coefficient bus must either
be at least 24 bits wide (8 correction coefficient bits by 3
LM9801s) or run at a 7.5 MHz rate and be latched into a
buffer between the correction coefficient databus and each
LM9801. Similarly, the output data for all three LM9801s will
be available simultaneously at the 3 output databusses.
Since each LM9801 is dedicated to one color, the VGA gain
does not change during line scan.
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FIGURE 14. Parallel Output CCD, Three LM9801
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