Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Sony Softkinetic Presents 100MHz BSI ToF Sensor

Sony subsidiary Softkinetic presents a BSI ToF sensor with a 10µm pixel pitch, which the company calls "the industry's smallest". As as side note, Microsoft Kinect 2 camera has 10um ToF pixel too, available on the mass market since 2013. The Softkinetic's proprietary Current Assisted Photonic Demodulator ("CAPD") pixel architecture is capable of 100MHz high-speed modulation using drift current in the pixel, allowing for 1.5x longer distance. The new pixel light collection efficiency is equivalent to that of a 15µm pixel pitch FSI sensor, but using a BSI with a 10µm pixel pitch.

Posted by Vladimir Koifman at 15:03

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 6, 2017 at 5:29 PM

    Why the detail of the object can not bee seen clearly even if the depth accuracy is so fine?

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    1. UnknownJune 7, 2017 at 3:51 AM

      The depth range is too large

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    2. AnonymousJune 7, 2017 at 4:23 PM

      There's only a little depth range from green to red in the map image. Nothing "too large" shown.

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  2. AnonymousJune 7, 2017 at 3:27 AM

    Seems like an issue with the colormaps used for the demonstration.

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  3. BernhardJune 7, 2017 at 11:07 AM

    The comparison is a mix of pixel scaling effects and different technologies. A comparison between conventional 10um pixel with microlense and BSI 10um would be appropriate to indicate the gain from BSI.

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