Sony and ON Semi Oscar Award PRs
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Sony: Sony’s F65 CineAlta digital motion picture camera was honored with a Scientific and Engineering Award, presented by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The 20MP, 8K single CMOS sensor-equipped F65 is the flagship of Sony’s large sensor technology. Since its introduction in 2011, the camera has shot everything in HD, 4K and beyond from motion pictures, episodic TV and documentaries to live entertainment and sports, commercials and visitor attraction.
The Academy recognized the F65 for “its pioneering high-resolution imaging sensor, excellent dynamic range, and full 4K output” as well as Sony’s “unique photosite orientation and true RAW recording that delivers exceptional image quality.”
The Genesis, co-developed by Sony and Panavision was also honored with a Scientific and Engineering Award. The Genesis is equipped with super 35mm film-size single CCD of 12.4MP arranged in a 1950 by 1080 array, making it the first commercial available sensor with a direct attachment to a spherical 35mm film lens.
It was recognized by the Academy as a pioneering digital motion picture camera “using a familiar form factor and accessories, with design features that allowed it to become one of the first digital cameras to be adopted by cinematographers.”
BusinessWire: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI), the largest manufacturer of motion picture equipment in the world, accepted a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the pioneering design and engineering of its Super 35 format ALEXA digital camera system. The ALEXA camera is powered by the ALEV III image sensor, which was designed and manufactured by ON Semiconductor specifically for ARRI.
“For almost 15 years, ON Semiconductor and ARRI have worked together to bring the highest quality digital capture to professional motion picture and television production,” said Herb Erhardt, VP and GM, Industrial Solutions Division, Image Sensor Group at ON Semi. ARRI has won several awards for its digital cameras and systems, all of which are based on image sensors from ON Semiconductor.
RED too received the Award, but has not published its response so far.
The Academy recognized the F65 for “its pioneering high-resolution imaging sensor, excellent dynamic range, and full 4K output” as well as Sony’s “unique photosite orientation and true RAW recording that delivers exceptional image quality.”
The Genesis, co-developed by Sony and Panavision was also honored with a Scientific and Engineering Award. The Genesis is equipped with super 35mm film-size single CCD of 12.4MP arranged in a 1950 by 1080 array, making it the first commercial available sensor with a direct attachment to a spherical 35mm film lens.
It was recognized by the Academy as a pioneering digital motion picture camera “using a familiar form factor and accessories, with design features that allowed it to become one of the first digital cameras to be adopted by cinematographers.”
BusinessWire: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI), the largest manufacturer of motion picture equipment in the world, accepted a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the pioneering design and engineering of its Super 35 format ALEXA digital camera system. The ALEXA camera is powered by the ALEV III image sensor, which was designed and manufactured by ON Semiconductor specifically for ARRI.
“For almost 15 years, ON Semiconductor and ARRI have worked together to bring the highest quality digital capture to professional motion picture and television production,” said Herb Erhardt, VP and GM, Industrial Solutions Division, Image Sensor Group at ON Semi. ARRI has won several awards for its digital cameras and systems, all of which are based on image sensors from ON Semiconductor.
RED too received the Award, but has not published its response so far.
ISSCC 2017 Review - Part 4
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Albert Theuwissen concludes his series of reviews of ISSCC presentations. The fourth part talks about Shizuoka University paper on high sensitivity pixel with no reset gate, and Sony 3D-stacked vision sensor.
Kwang Bo (Austin) Cho to Lead Hynix CIS Business
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Kwang Bo (Austin) Cho has left ON Semi to join SK Hynix, Korea as Senior Vice President, Head of CIS Division. This is definitely a big news for SK Hynix that needs to re-position itself and find a differentiation on the image sensor market.
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| Kwang Bo (Austin) Cho, SK Hynix SVP, Head of CIS Division |
ISSCC 2017 Review - Part 3
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Albert Theuwissen publishes a third part of the ISSCC papers review. This parts talks about Sony 3-layer stacked sensor with DRAM layer integrated and Panasonic RGB-IR organic sensor.
Panasonic Develops Organic CMOS Sensor with Electrically Controllable NIR Sensitivity
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BusinessWire: Panasonic developed a technology of electrical control of the NIR light sensitivity in an organic CMOS image sensor. The sensitivity of all the pixels in the image sensor, which has directly stacked organic films, is simultaneously controlled by changing the applied voltage to the organic films.
This technology enables to switch between modes of color imaging and NIR imaging frame by frame without a mechanical IR cut filter. The extinction ratio of NIR sensitivity at 800 nm was -28 dB. The technology also enables global shutter operation and is suitable for industry such as machine vision applications.
Panasonic holds 94 Japanese patents and 68 overseas patents (including pending) related to these technologies.
This technology enables to switch between modes of color imaging and NIR imaging frame by frame without a mechanical IR cut filter. The extinction ratio of NIR sensitivity at 800 nm was -28 dB. The technology also enables global shutter operation and is suitable for industry such as machine vision applications.
Panasonic holds 94 Japanese patents and 68 overseas patents (including pending) related to these technologies.
Mediatek Low-end Mobile Processor Supports Dual Camera
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MediaTek announces its mid- to low-end Helio P25 mobile processor combining 16nm Octa-core CPU with Imagiq ISP supporting dual camera features.
The Helio P25 12bit Dual ISP offers:
“MediaTek Helio P25 paves the way for high-resolution and feature-rich smartphone cameras that enable amazing static shots and 4K2K videos,” said Jeffrey Ju, EVP and Co-COO at MediaTek. “Supporting two cameras up to 13MP each, the MediaTek Helio P25 redefines expectations for mobile photography and our multimedia features like, MediaTek MiraVision technology, continuously enhance visual user-experiences.”
Smartphones powered by MediaTek Helio P25 are expected to be on the market in Q1 2017.
The Helio P25 12bit Dual ISP offers:
- High Resolution: Up to 24MP single camera or 13MP+13MP dual camera
- Dual Camera-optimized: Color + Mono de-noise and real-time shallow DoF bokeh
- High Dynamic Range: Video HDR with full preview
- High Performance Auto Exposure: Turbo 3A to accelerate AE convergence speed by 30-55%
“MediaTek Helio P25 paves the way for high-resolution and feature-rich smartphone cameras that enable amazing static shots and 4K2K videos,” said Jeffrey Ju, EVP and Co-COO at MediaTek. “Supporting two cameras up to 13MP each, the MediaTek Helio P25 redefines expectations for mobile photography and our multimedia features like, MediaTek MiraVision technology, continuously enhance visual user-experiences.”
Smartphones powered by MediaTek Helio P25 are expected to be on the market in Q1 2017.
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| Comparison with previous generation P20 |
ISSCC 2017 Papers Review - Part 2
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Albert Theuwissen continues his review of imaging papers presented at ISSCC 2017. The second part talks about University of Michigan light-to-digital converter and Canon global shutter sensor.
ISSCC 2017: Canon 2/3-inch GS Sensor
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Canon presents a paper "A 1.8e-rms Temporal Noise Over 110dB Dynamic Range3.4μm Pixel PitchGlobal ShutterCMOS Image Sensorwith Dual-Gain Amplifiers, SS-ADC and Multiple-Accumulation Shutter" by Masahiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Onuki, Kazunari Kawabata, Hiroshi Sekine,Toshiki Tsuboi, Yasushi Matsuno, Hidekazu Takahashi, Toru Koizumi, Katsuhito Sakurai, Hiroshi Yuzurihara, Shunsuke Inoue, Takeshi Ichikawa at ISSCC 2017 on Feb. 6, 2017.
Few pictures from the demo session:
Few pictures from the demo session:
ISSCC Papers Review
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Albert Theuwissen posts a first part of his review of ISSCC 2017 image sensor papers. This part talks about Samsung event-driven vision sensor, InSilixa genome sequencing chip, and Shuzuoka University 4-tap FLIM sensor.
Tokyo University and Sony Vision Sensor Demo
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Tokyo University and Sony publish a vision imager demo presented at ISSCC 2017. A 1000fps target recognition and target tracking were demonstrated by using the new vision chip with 3D-stacked 140GOPS column-parallel SIMD processing elements.
Sony Presents 3-Layer Stacked Sensor for Smartphones
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Sony announces the development of the industry's first 3-layer stacked CMOS sensor with DRAM for smartphones. The new 20MP 1/2.3-inch sensor minimizes the rolling shutter distortions by providing a 8.33ms-fast readout of the full 20MP of the sensor into the internal 1Gb DRAM.
The high-speed readout capability makes it possible to record up to 1,000 fps (approximately 8x faster than conventional Sony products) super slow motion movies in full HD (1920x1080 pixels).
Sony also publishes a Youtube video showing the new sensor capabilities:
Sony has presented the new sensor at ISSCC 2017. Few slides from the demo session:
Update: A slide on one of the high speed modes added below. There are 4 ADCs per column in order to read 4 rows in parallel and a SF coupled binning:
The high-speed readout capability makes it possible to record up to 1,000 fps (approximately 8x faster than conventional Sony products) super slow motion movies in full HD (1920x1080 pixels).
Sony also publishes a Youtube video showing the new sensor capabilities:
Sony has presented the new sensor at ISSCC 2017. Few slides from the demo session:
Update: A slide on one of the high speed modes added below. There are 4 ADCs per column in order to read 4 rows in parallel and a SF coupled binning:
Sharp Camera Module Business Update
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Sharp quarterly earning report updates on the company camera module business: YoY sales and profits grow:
