WORKSHOP PAPER
A 2.5 inch, 33Mpixel, 60 fps CMOS Image Sensor for UHDTV Application
Steven Huang1, Takayuki Yamashita2, Yibing Wang1, Kai Ling Ong1, Kohji Mitani2, Ryohei Funatsu2, Hiroshi Shimamoto2, Lin Ping Ang1, Loc Truong1, Barmak Mansoorian1
1Forza Silicon Corporation, 48 S. Chester Avenue, Suite 200, Pasadena, CA 91106, USA
2NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, 1-10-11 Kinuta, Setagaya, Tokyo, JAPAN 157-8510

Abstract

We have developed a 7840 x 4360 pixel, 60 fps CMOS image sensor fabricated in 0.18µm 1P4M process that is used for an Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) camera system. The sensor architecture is designed with a modular approach which allows it to be highly scalable up to >100Mpixel while still maintaining its high throughput and low noise performance. This 33Mpixel sensor is designed with 16 parallel readout modules with each module including 490 per column gain, 490 12-bit successive approximation A/D, SRAM block, SRAM timing control, and LVDS output port. The sensor achieves an aggregate data rate of 24.6Gbit/s and power consumption of less than 3.7W.
Publisher: IISS (Int. Image Sensors Society)
Year: 2009
Workshop: IISW
URL: https://doi.org/10.60928/6qvd-5w9m
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Keywords

CMOS Image Sensor, UHDTV, Scalable Sensor Architecture,

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