Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Panavision Announces 1080p/120 5um Global Shutter Pixel Sensor

Panavision Imaging announces Dynamax DYN0021 2.14MP CMOS image sensor, a 2/3-inch 1080p/120 video sensor with more than 130dB DR in either global shutter or rolling shutter mode, aimed at industrial markets. The sensor features:

  • Active Column Sensor (ACS) technology, which achieves reduced noise levels at high gain settings,
  • Correlated Multi-Sampling (CMS) technology, to further reduce noise or add gain,
  • Dual rolling or global shutter integration for intra-frame, on-chip HDR imaging
  • Dual words per pixel for dual gain per pixel

The sensor's typical power consumption at 60fps speed is less than 760mW.
Posted by Vladimir Koifman at 14:46

8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 9, 2012 at 3:40 PM

    What is the noise of the sensor?

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  2. Vladimir KoifmanMay 9, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    Hard to say, but a 3.2MP sensor with the same 5um pixel is said to have less than 8e- noise in global shutter mode. It's not clear if this includes multi-sampling or not.
    Another way to calculate noise is to look at full well and DR. The full well is stated to be 21.2Ke- and the DR is 62dB in single integration mode. Then the calculated noise is closer to 15e-.

    http://www.panavisionimaging.com/PDF/PB0030.pdf

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  3. AnonymousMay 9, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    If their datasheet is reliable :=)

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    1. AnonymousMay 10, 2012 at 7:50 AM

      8e- noise is at 4X analog gain, noise at zero gain is probably 15e-

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    2. AnonymousMay 10, 2012 at 11:55 PM

      based on their claim of 62dB dynamic range, the noise at lowest gain should be ~17e-.

      their integration capacitor should be ~2.4ff which provides a kTC noise of just under 20e-.

      it seems to me there is little benefit to their CDS/CMS technique - a drop from 19e- to 17e- is not much to crow about

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  4. AnonymousMay 10, 2012 at 3:10 PM

    Does anybody know the estimated price for this sensor?

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  5. AnonymousMay 10, 2012 at 4:22 PM

    anyone knows the price region of this DYN0021 (rough number for 1k/year)?

    Maybe a little off-topic and for sure already known to most of you... e2v is about to release a 2MP version of their great EV76C560. It is called EV76C570 and the characteristics are somehow similar to this panavision sensor
    1600x1200, 4.5um/pix, 1/1.8inch, 60fps at full res, 120MHz, 10 bit/pix

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  6. AnonymousMay 10, 2012 at 8:33 PM

    I guess that they tried to sell this sensor to Chinese market...

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