Abstract: A switched capacitor circuit, including a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor-based switch comprising: a first metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor having a gate, a source and a drain, wherein the source is connected to a first node and the drain is connected to a second node or wherein the drain is connected to the first node and the source is connected to the second node; a second metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor having a gate, a source and a drain, wherein the source is connected to the drain and the source and the drain are together connected to the second node; a first capacitor connected between the first node and a third node; and a second capacitor connected between the second node and the third node.

Abstract: A photoarray for detecting time-dependent image data, comprising an array of multiple device cells, wherein each device cell comprises a group of photosensors, each photosensor configured to generate an analog sensor signal dependent on a light intensity at said photosensor, for each photosensor a pixel encoding circuit configured to transform the analog sensor signal generated by said photosensor into a digital pixel information stemming from said photosensor, and a processing unit, which comprises a correlation logic configured to correlate said pixel information stemming from the photosensors of said group of photosensors and to produce as a result a request signal indicating that said cell contains pixel information to be read and/or a pass signal utilized in the processing unit to allow pixel information contained in said cell to be transmitted.

Abstract: An image sensor for detecting time-dependent image data, comprising multiple photovoltaic converters and multiple electronic converters arranged in arrays and linked by switching elements. Each of the photovoltaic converters and one of the electronic converters form a pair that generates digital information dependent on light intensity on the photovoltaic converter. The switching elements are arranged to selectively connect at least two of the photovoltaic converters to one of the electronic converters and at least two of the electronic converters to one of the photovoltaic converters.

Abstract: A device for controlling a transfer of information from a plurality of electronic components through a communication bus to a host device, comprising a chain of processing blocks connected to the electronic components, each of the processing blocks associated with one, or a set, of the electronic components, which processing blocks are arranged such that during the transfer of information an authorization signal propagates through the chain of processing blocks and, when the authorization signal encounters a processing block associated with one of the electronic components or one of the sets of electronic components which contains an information value to be transferred, effecting the transfer of the information value through the communication bus to the host device. The processing blocks are arranged to coordinate their processing in accordance with a clock signal generated independent of a propagation status of the authorization signal within the chain of processing blocks.