Publications

BOOK

  • A Biologically Inspired CMOS Image Sensor, ISBN:978-90-9025980-2, Delft, January 2011.
  • A Biologically Inspired CMOS Image Sensor, ISBN:978-3-64234900-3, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Integrated polarization analyzing CMOS Image sensor for detection and signal processing, ISBN:978-08-5709502-2, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, November 2013.
  • Bioinspired Optical Imaging, ISBN:978-3-527-41264-8, Wiley-VCH, Berlin, Ocktober 2015.

JOURNAL PAPERS

  1. K. Jainwal and M. Sarkar, "A 280-uV Temporal Noise, 76-dB Dynamic Range CMOS Image Sensor With an In-Pixel Chopping-Based Low-Frequency Noise Reduction Technique", IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, 2023 (accepted).
  2. M. Sarkar and M Assaad, "Noninvasive Non-Contact SpO2 Monitoring Using an Integrated Polarization-Sensing CMOS Imaging Sensor", Sensors, vol. 22, no. 20, pp. 7796, 2022.
  3. U. Khan and M. Sarkar, "Analysis of Charge Transfer Potential Barrier in Pinned Photodiode of CMOS Image Sensors", IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 2770-2777, 2021.
  4. N. Priyadarshini and M. Sarkar , "A 2.3e-rms Temporal Noise CMOS Image Sensor with In-pixel 1/f Noise Reduction and Conversion Gain Modulation for Low Light Imaging", Transactions on Circuits and Systems - I (TCAS 1), vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 185-195, 2020.
  5. A. Kaur, D. Mishra, K. M. Amogh and M. Sarkar, "On-array compressive acquisition in CMOS image sensors using accumulated spatial gradients", Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2020 (accepted).
  6. M. Sarkar, N. Gupta and M. Assaad, "Non-destructive food quality monitoring using phase information in time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy", Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 7787-7795, 2020.
  7. A. Kaur, D. Mishra and Mukul Sarkar, "A power efficient image sensor readout with on-chip delta-interpolation using reconfigurable ADC", IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 13, pp. 6833-6840, 2020.
  8. M. Sarkar, N. Gupta and M. Assaad, "Monitoring of fruit freshness using phase information in polarization reflectance spectroscopy", Applied Optics, vol. 58. no. 23, pp. 6396-6405, 2019.
  9. U. Khan and M. Sarkar, "Dynamic Capacitance Variations due to Barrier Modulation in Pinned Photodiode of CMOS Image Sensor", IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 5202-5208, 2019.
  10. A. Joshi and Mukul Sarkar, "A Low Pass Filter Bandwidth Adaptation Technique for Phase Interpolators", IEEE Transactions on VLSI (Regular), vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1790-1798, 2019.
  11. C. Anand, K. Jainwal and Mukul Sarkar, "A Three-Phase, One-Tap High Background Light Subtraction Time-of-Flight Camera", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System - I (TCAS 1), vol. 6, no. 66, 2019.
  12. D. Mishra, S. Chaudhury, Mukul Sarkar, A. S. Soin, "Ultrasound Image Segmentation: A Deeply Supervised Network with Attention to Boundaries", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 1637-1648, 2019.
  13. A. Kaur, D. Mishra and M. Sarkar, "A 12-bit, 2.5-bit/phase column-parallel readout cyclic ADC", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 248-252, 2019.
  14. A. Dashpute, C. Anand and M. Sarkar, "Depth Resolution Enhancement in Time-of-Flight Cameras Using Polarization State of the Reflected Light.", IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurements, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 160-168, 2019.
  15. A. Joshi and M. Sarkar, "An Odd Phase CDR with Phase Interpolator Trimming", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 31-35, 2019.
  16. K. Jainwal, C. Anand and Mukul Sarkar, "1/f Noise Reduction using In-Pixel Chopping in CMOS Image Sensor", IEEE Solid State Circuits Letters, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 146-149, 2018.
  17. A. Kaur, D. Mishra, S. Jain and M. Sarkar, "Content Driven on-chip Compression and Time Efficient Reconstruction for Image Sensor Applications", IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 22, pp. 9169-9179, 2018.
  18. C. Anand, N. Priyadarshini, K. Jainwal and M. Sarkar, "A 125 Klx Background Light Subtraction Architecture for 2D and Time-of-Flight 3D Cameras", IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 3823-3830, September 2018.
  19. D. Mishra, S. Chaudhury, M. Sarkar and A. S. Soin, "Ultrasound Image Enhancement using Structure Oriented Adversarial Network.", IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1349-1353, 2018.
  20. U. Khan and M. Sarkar, "Dynamic Capacitance Model of a Pinned Photodiode in CMOS Image Sensors", IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, vol.65, no. 7, pp. 2892-2898, July 2018.
  21. K. Jainwal, M. Sarkar and K. Shah, "Analysis and Validation of Low-Frequency Noise Reduction in MOSFET Circuits Using Variable Duty Cycle Switched Biasing," in IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, vol. 6, pp. 420-431, 2018.
  22. G. Musalgoankar, N. Priyadarshini and M. Sarkar, "An HDR pixel with over 60 dB dynamic range enhancement using in-pixel parametric amplification", IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 555-563, 2018.
  23. D. Mishra, S. Chaudhury, M. Sarkar, A. Soin and V. Sharma, "Edge probability and pixel relativity based speckle reducing anisotropic diffusion", IEEE Transaction on Image Processing, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 649-664, 2018.
  24. D. Mishra, N. Priyadarshini, S. Chakraborty and M. Sarkar, "Blood Oxygen Saturation Measurement using Polarized Images", IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 3900-3908, 2017.
  25. A. Joshi and M. Sarkar , "Non-Linearity Estimation for Compensation of Phase Interpolator in Bang-Bang CDRs", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 388-392, 2017.
  26. M. Sarkar , B. Buettgen and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Temperature effects on feed-forward voltage in standard CMOS pinned photodiodes", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vo. 63, no. 5, pp. 1963-1968, May 2016.
  27. K. Jainwal, K. K. Shah and M. Sarkar, "Low frequency noise Reduction using Multiple Transistors with Variable Duty Cycle Switched Biasing", Journal of Electron Device Society, Vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 481 - 486, Nov. 2015.
  28. D. Mishra, G. Gogna, A. Barsaiyan and M. Sarkar , "Blood pulsation measurement using linearly polarized light", IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 4488-4495, 2015.
  29. M. Sarkar , B. Buettgen and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Feed-forward effect in standard CMOS pinned photodiodes", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 60, no. 3. pp. 1154-1161, 2013.
  30. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "A Biologically Inspired CMOS Image Sensor for Fast Motion and Polarization Detection", IEEE Sensors Journal Vol.13, no. 3. pp. 1065-1073 2012.
  31. M. Sarkar , "Vision Sensors in Automobiles: An Indian Perspective", Optics and Photonics News, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 24-29, 2012.
  32. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Integrated polarization analyzing CMOS image sensor for incoming light ray direction", IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 60, pp. 2759-2767, August 2011.
  33. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Integrated polarization analyzing CMOS image sensor for real time material classication", IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 11, pp. 1692-1703, August 2011.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. R. K. Singh, S. Jain, A. Viswakarma and M. Sarkar, "A Charge pump based TDI accumulator for CMOS Image Sensors", IISW, 2023.
  2. S. K. Dey, M. Sarkar and S. Chatterjee, "Energy efficiency optimization in Strong-Arm latch based dynamic comparator by capacitor distribution", ISCAS, 2023.
  3. K. Jainwal and M. Sarkar, "A Novel Active Pixel Sensor Architecture with In-Pixel Chopping and Switched Biasing to Reduce the Low-Frequency Noise", ISCAS, 2023.
  4. S. K. Dey, M. Sarkar and S Chatterjee, "A low-power resistive tail dynamic comparator with self-shut mechanism", VLSI Design, 2023.
  5. C. Anand, K. Jainwal and M. Sarkar, "A Three-Phase, One-Tap High Background Light Subtraction Time-of-Flight Camera", ISCAS 2020 (accepted).
  6. B. Bhuvan, K. Devadershan, A. S. Pal and M. Sarkar, "Accelerated-Detection of Regeneration in Swing-Limited Comparators Used in Slope ADCs", ISCAS 2020 (accepted)
  7. N. Priyadarshini and M. Sarkar, "A CMOS Image Sensor with Area Efficient High Dynamic Range Readout Circuitry Using Linear-Logarithmic Counting Technique for Low Light Imaging Applications. ISCAS 2020 (Accepted)
  8. A. Kaur, M. B. Karthik and M. Sarkar, "A CMOS Image Sensor with column-Parallel cyclic-SAR ADC", ISCAS 2020 (accepted).
  9. M. Sarkar, N. Gupta and M. Assaad, "Phase based Time Resolved Reflectance Spectroscopy using Time-of-Flight Camera for Fruit Quality Monitoring. IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2020 (accepted).
  10. A. Kaur, D. Mishra and M. Sarkar, "An on-Chip Interpolation Based Readout Scheme for Low-Power, High-Speed CMOS Image Sensors", IEEE Sensors conference 2018 (accepted).
  11. U. Khan, B. Bhuvan and M. Sarkar, "A Low Power Readout Mechanism with Improved Low Light Performance in CMOS Image Sensors", IEEE Sensors conference, 2018 (accepted).
  12. N. Priyadarshini, C. Anand and M. Sarkar, "A WDR CMOS Image Sensor Employing in-Pixel Capacitive Variation Using a Re-Configurable Source Follower for Low Light Applications, accepted in Asian Solid State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), 2018.
  13. D.Mishra, S. Tyagi, S. Chaudhury, M. Sarkar, A. S. Soin, "Despeckling CNN with Ensembles of Classical Outputs", accepted in International Confernce on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) 2018.
  14. D. Mishra, S. Chaudhury, M. Sarkar, S. Manohar, A. S. Soin, "Segmentation of Vascular Regions in Ultrasound Images: a Deep Learning Approach", accepted in ISCAS 2018.
  15. A. Kaur, D. Mishra and M. Sarkar, "A 12-Bit, 2.5-Bit/Cycle, 1 Ms/S Two-Stage Cyclic ADC, for High-Speed CMOS Image Sensors", accepted in ISCAS 2018.
  16. A. Kumar, M. Sarkar and M. Suri, "OxRAM Resistive Switching for DR Improvement", accepted in ISCAS 2018.
  17. A. Shrivastava, A. Kaur and M. Sarkar, "A 1.2V, 33 ppm/ºC, 40 nW, regeneration based BGR circuit for nanowatt CMOS LSIS", 14th International SoC Design conference, 2017. (accepted as oral paper)
  18. D. Mishra, S. Chandra, A. Chandra, S. Jain and M. Sarkar, "A portable system for real-time non-contact blood oxygen saturation measurements", accepted in IEEE Biomedcial Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS 2017).
  19. G. Musalgaonkar, M. Sarkar and R. Saxena, "STI Based Trench Capacitor for High Sensitivity and High dynamic range in CMOS Image Sensor", accepted in 13th IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC 2017).
  20. D. Mishra, A. Kaur and M. Sarkar, "A super-pixel based on-chip image compression for high speed CMOS image sensors", accepted in 13th IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC 2017).
  21. M. Sarkar, "Dark Current Saturation in CMOS Image Sensors", accepted in 13th IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC 2017).
  22. D. Mishra, S. Chaudhury, M. Sarkar, and A. S. Soin, "Edge Aware Geometric Filter for Ultrasound Image Enhancement", accepted in Medical Image Understanding and Analysis - MIUA 2017.
  23. D. Mishra, S. Chaudhury, M. Sarkar, and A. S. Soin, "Cardiac Ultrasound Image Enhancement using Tissue Selective Total Variation Regularization", accepted in Medical Image Processing (MedImage) 2016.
  24. C. Anand, K. Jainwal and M. Sarkar, "A High Background Light Subtraction Circuit for Long Range Time-of-Flight Cameras", IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits & Systems, pp. 487-490, 2016.
  25. C. Anand, V. K. Jacob and M. Sarkar, "A Current Mode Time-of-Flight Pixel with 400 Klx Background Light Subtraction", IEEE 59th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2016.
  26. S. Chakraborty, D. Mishra and M. Sarkar, "PSPPG: Polarization Sensitive Photo-Plethysmography", Eurosensors Conference (Procedia Engineering), vol. 168, pp. 1275-1278, 2016.
  27. A. Kumar, M. Sarkar and M. Suri, "Hybrid CMOS-OxRAM Image Sensor for Overexposure Control", International Memory Workshop (IMW) 2016 (accepted).
  28. A. Kaur and M. Sarkar, "A Low Power Low Latency Comparator for Ramp ADC in CMOS Imagers", International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2016 (accepted).
  29. J. Poojary, G. S. Visweswaran, M. Sarkar and A. Khamesra, "Bitline Charge Recycling Through Capacitor for Write Cycle of High Density SRAM Memories", IEEE VLSI Design Conference 2016 (accepted).
  30. D. Mishra, S. Chakraborty and M. Sarkar, "Reflection Based Blood Pulsation Measurement Using Linear Polarization of Light", IEEE Sensors Conference 2015 (accepted).
  31. B. Bhuvan, M. Sarkar and S. Chatterjee, "PTC inspired column level compression in low power CMOS imagers", IISW 2015.
  32. M. Sarkar, "Electronics behind Cameras". Advances in Electronics and Communication Technology (AECT), Bareilly, 2014. (Invited).
  33. M. Sarkar, "Bio-inspired Cameras". UGC-SAP Seminar on Nano-Photonics and Bio-inspired Systems, Dayalbagh, 2014. (Invited).
  34. M. Sarkar, B. Buettgen and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Feed-forward effect in standard CMOS pinned photodiodes". International Image Sensors workshop, 2013.
  35. A. Mahendru and M. Sarkar , "Bio-inspired object classification using polarization imaging". International Conference on Sensing Technology ICST, 2012.
  36. M. Sarkar , "CMOS image sensor based on the eye of an insect". Invited presentation at Dimes Symposium on Imaging Waves, Photons, and Particles: A VLSI Perspective, 2011.
  37. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "A biologically inspired CMOS image sensor for polarization and fast motion detection", Proceedings IEEE Sensors conference, pp. 825-828, November 2011. (Invited to special session on Biomimetics)
  38. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "A biologically inspired collision detection algorithm using dierential optic flow imaging", Proceedings of Biomedical Circuits and Systems, pp. 250-253, 2010.
  39. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Biologically inspired autonomous agent navigation using Stokes parameters and an integrated polarization analyzing CMOS image sensor", Proceedings of Eurosensors XXIV conference, vol. 5, pp. 673-676, 2010. (Second prize for best poster presentation)
  40. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "An analog and digital representation of polarization using CMOS image sensor", Proceedings of 5th European optical society tropical meeting on advanced imaging techniques, ISBN 978-3-00-030503-0, 2010.
  41. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Integrated polarization analyzing CMOS image sensor for autonomous agent navigation using polarized light", Proceeding of IEEE International conference on Intelligent Systems, pp. 224-229, 2010.
  42. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Integrated polarization analyzing CMOS image sensor", Proceeding of IEEE International Symposium on circuits and systems, pp. 621-624, 2010.
  43. E. Moens, Y. Meuret, H. Ottevaere, M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, P. Merken and H. Thienpont, "Design of a miniaturized imaging system with a very large field of view". Proceeding of SPIE, vol. 7716, 77162D, 2010.
  44. M. Sarkar , D. San Segundo, C. Van Hoof and A.J.P. Theuwissen, "Integrated polarization analyzing CMOS image sensor for detecting incoming light ray direction". Proceeding of IEEE Sensors Application Symposium, pp. 194-199, 2010.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  1. M. Sarkar , A Biologically Inspired CMOS Image Sensor. PhD thesis, University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, February 2011.
  2. M. Sarkar , "A Biologically inspired CMOS Image sensor", Poster and Oral presentation at imec PhD days, Leuven, Belgium, October 2010.
  3. M. Sarkar , "A Biologically inspired CMOS Image sensor", 2nd Electronic and Instrumentation colloquium, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, November 2010.
  4. M. Sarkar , Sensor Module Architecture for Small Autonomous Networked Devices . Master thesis, Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, April 2006.
  5. M. Sarkar , "A brief Review of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Analysis of its application in cases of metastatic breast cancer after high dose chemotherapy". University of Technology, Aachen, Germany, 2004.
  6. M. Sarkar , "Application of Microcontrollers in ECG applications", Philips Institute of Medical Informations, Helmholtz Institute, Aachen, Germany, 2004.
  7. M. Sarkar and P.V. Suresh, "Biometric Security", National Technical Symposium (Interface2K1), College of Engineering, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India, 2001.
  8. M. Sarkar and P.V. Suresh, "The Nuclear Seize, the effect of Nuclear weapons on Electronic systems", National Technical Symposium (Interface2k), College of Engineering, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India, 2000.

INVITED LECTURES

  • M. Sarkar , "Design and development of high dynamic range imagers", ST Microelectronics, Noida, February 26, 2020.
  • M. Sarkar , "Design of digital cameras". IGDTUW, January 22, 2020.
  • M. Sarkar , "Low power analog circuit design". SVDMU, Katra, May 14, 2019.
  • M. Sarkar , "Building blocks of Analog Circuits". Delhi Technical Campus, Greater Noida, August 24, 2017.
  • M. Sarkar , "Biasing of Analog Circuits". Faculty Development Program, ABEIT, Ghaziabad, July 17, 2017.
  • M. Sarkar , "Biomedical Imaging Using Polarized Images". Advanced and Innovative Technology for Transforming Healthcare (AITTH), SOA University, September 17, 2016.
  • M. Sarkar , "Electronics behind digital cameras". TI Analog day, IIT Delhi, January 12, 2015.
  • M. Sarkar , "Design of Analog Integrated Circuits- Trends and Applications". Analog IC workshop, BVCOE, August 21, 2014.
  • M. Sarkar , "Vision systems for future automobiles". Workshop on Automotive Technologie, IIT Delhi, March 06, 2014.
  • M. Sarkar , "Biologically inspired vision". IRDE, DRDO, Dehradun, December 06, 2013.
  • M. Sarkar , "Feed-forward effect in standard CMOS pinned photodiodes". ON Semiconductors, Bangalore, June 2013.
  • M. Sarkar , "CMOS Image Sensors for Bio-medical Applications". Electrical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, December 13, 2012.
  • M. Sarkar , "CMOS Image Sensors". Workshop on Integrated Circuits Development for Imaging, Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO, Delhi, August 03-04, 2012.
  • M. Sarkar , "Colour sensing in advanced camera systems". Department of Textiles, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, April 19, 2012.