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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Toshiba Announces 13MP, 1080i240 Sensor for Smartphones

Business Wire: Toshiba announces T4K82, a 13MP, 1.12um BSI pixel CMOS sensor that allows smartphones and tablets to record 1080i video at 240fps, said to be the industry’s highest frame rate.

High speed video recording requires a high frame rate with short exposure time, resulting in underexposed images. T4K82 incorporates "Bright Mode" technology that boosts imaged brightness up to four times. The sensor also adopts a newly developed low power circuit design that reduces power consumption to 82% that of T4K37, a 13MP/1.12um sensor in mass production. Although the full resolution mode speed is the same 30fps as its predecessor, the new sensor's video modes are much faster:


Other than interlaced to progressive conversion, the sensor features HDR and Color Noise Reduction (CNR) modes, lens shading correction, and many other functions:


Sample shipments are scheduled to start in March, with mass production to start in Sept 2014 with projected volume 2 million per month.

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    1. In the interlaced mode, the exposure time can be doubled. you can refer this http://www.semicon.toshiba.co.jp/eng/profile/news/newsrelease/sensor/topics_140107_e_1.html

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  2. Why interlaced?
    Because the progressive mode need double throughout. Therefore, for progressive mode the maximum frame rate will be 120fps instead of 240fps.

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    1. In addition, using interlaced scan allows you to double the exposure time - which is part of their so-called "bright mode".

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