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News Release from: Avago Technologies | Subject: ADCC-3100
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 August 2006
Small form factor sensor eases handset
integration
The ADCC-3100 is the first one-fifth-inch optical format 1.3Mpixel small form factor CMOS image sensor with advanced image processing, including spot metering capabilities.
New from Avago Technologies, the ADCC-3100 is the first one-fifth-inch optical format 1.3Mpixel small form factor (SFF) CMOS image sensor with advanced image processing, including spot metering capabilities Avago's entry into the emerging SFF product category captures the changing requirements in the cellular phone market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Avago introduced the ADCC-3100 small form factor sensor to address the requirements of higher image quality, with the same resolution available in a smaller size.
"The clear trend in fashion mobile phone design is moving toward thin, small form factor phones", said Jon Erensen, Senior Research Analyst at Gartner.
"As this category of phone increases and represents a larger portion of the total mobile phone market, it is crucial that image sensor vendors provide small, low-profile sensors without compromising the image quality expected in a feature-rich camera phone".
Avago's ADCC-3100 effectively addresses the technical challenges of SFF by capturing more light with fewer pixels and enabling a thinner phone design.
Its on-chip image processing eliminates the need for an additional space-consuming, power-hungry companion chip while reducing system processing overhead, design complexity, and time to market.
Smaller than the tip of a pencil's eraser, the ADCC-3100 fits easily into a tiny 6.0 x 6.0 x 4.5mm low-profile camera module.
At the heart of the ADCC-3100 is Avago's EP pixel and array architecture and I-Pipe processing which dramatically increases image quality for photos.
EP reduces dark current and noise, and reduces lens shading effects to offer breakthrough low-light CMOS sensor performance that rivals CCD sensors.
With 2.2 x 2.2um pixels, the ADCC-3100's 3D pixel e-field shaping makes each pixel ultra light sensitive.
The product extends pixel sensitivity through powerful 8 x 8 pixel binning.
By comparison, competing image sensors offer 1 x 2 binning.
Avago's eighth-generation I-Pipe delivers high quality images, auto thumbnails and fast reload to avoid missing shots.
It also features fast auto focus, dual flash support, shutter lag amelioration, and an advanced auto illuminant detector using second-generation plausible illuminant.
The ADCC-3100 sensor is capable of 15 frames per second at full 1280 x 1024 pixel SXGA (super extended graphics) resolution, and 30 frames per second in 640 x 480 pixel VGA mode.
"We recognised this shift toward SFF early on and strategically focused our development on smaller sensors while maintaining superior image quality", said Feisal Mosleh, Director of Worldwide Marketing and Support for the Mobile Imaging Business at Avago Technologies.
"Of late, top-tier cellular phone manufacturers have begun to specify 'small form factor' and high image quality as key criteria in their product specification requirements".
"High-quality SFF CMOS sensors benefit not only cellphone manufacturers but also service providers in leveraging existing technology investments".
The ADCC-3100 CMOS camera-on-a-chip is sampling now through Avago Technologies' direct sales channel. Request a free brochure from Avago Technologies ...
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