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News Release from: Toshiba Electronics Europe | Subject: ET8E99-AS CMOS image sensors
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 November 2005
Toshiba expands CMOS image sensor range
Toshiba has announced the latest addition to its range of Dynastron complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors for integration into mobile handsets.
Toshiba has announced the latest addition to its range of Dynastron complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors for integration into mobile handsets The new ET8E99-AS brings 3.2 megapixel capabilities to cellular phones in a small package offering low power consumption and high level performance
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Samples of the new sensor are available immediately and mass production will start within the calendar year.
The sensor offers an optimised balance between size and performance.
The 3.2 megapixel count is achieved in a small optical format by reducing pixel pitch from 3.75 to 2.7um, while maintaining a pixel size sufficient to record detailed, high-resolution images.
The sensor also offers low power consumption, smearless imaging and high-speed operation, all key requirements for mobile equipment such as camera phones.
Alongside the growing popularity of camera phones, demand is growing for improved image quality, without any increase in phone size.
In video mode, the new sensor offers a high speed frame rate of 15 frames per second (fps) at QXGA output and 30fps at 3-to-1 vertical pixel binning.
The new sensor incorporates automatic blemish correction and detection, gain control and lens shading compensation, supporting simplified design of an optimised camera system.
A flexible input clock is supported by incorporation of a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit.
It is suitable for use with external companion ISP chips including a Toshiba device (under development) that provides YUV- or JPEG-encoded data.
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