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    Mohamed Akrarai
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    Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, TIMA Lab
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    Nils Margotat
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    Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, TIMA Lab
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    Gilles Sicard
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    CEA-Leti
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    Laurent Fesquet
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    Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, TIMA Lab. 3
    Abstract

    This article presents a hybrid pixel dedicated to event-based image sensors, which suppresses spatial and temporal redundancies. This pixel is a combination between two kinds of pixels, known as TFS and DVS. The first one is able to reduce - associated to a dedicated readout - spatial redundancies, while the second manages the temporal redundancies. Each pixel is classically built with a photodiode but this hybrid structure shares the photodiode between the DVS and the TFS pixels. In our design, 4 TFS pixel photodiodes are shared with 1 DVS pixel, which exploits the average current of these latter. In order to evaluate such a pixel, a comparison is made between a hybrid pixel matrix and a matrix composed of TFS and DVS pixels. The evaluation is made in terms of activity and power but also by analyzing their fill-factor, circuitry and layout. A testchip including these 2 event-based image sensors has been designed in FDSOI 28 nm technology from STMicroelecronics.