Wednesday, February 17, 2021

ON Semi Publishes a Full Characterization Report of its 8.1MP Automotive Sensor

Update: The links and the data have been removed at ON Semi request. It is not supposed to be publicly available.

The original post follows:

ON Semi publishes a full characterization report of its relatively new 8.1MP AR0820AT automotive sensor. This is a first time I see such a detailed characterization data in open access with no NDA.

The 1/2-inch AR0820 features:
  • 2.1 µm Automotive Grade BSI Pixel with DR−Pix Technology
  • On−Sensor HDR Reconstruct with Flexible Exposure Ratio Control
  • Full Resolution Video Capture of 3840 x 2160 at up to 40 fps in 3−exposure HDR and 30 fps in 4−exposure HDR
  • Line interleaved T1/T2/T3/T4 output
  • Sensor Fault Detection for ASIL−B Compliance Support
  • 2 x 2 In−pixel Binning Mode and Color Binning Mode
  • Data Interface: 1.8 Gbps/Lane, 4−lane MIPI CSI−2
  • Selectable Automatic or User Controlled Black Level Control
  • Frame to Frame Switching Among up to 4 Contexts to Enable Multi−function Systems
  • Multi−Camera Synchronization Support
  • Multiple CFA Options including RGB, and RCCC, RCCB

7 comments:

  1. This document should be a template for the whole industry.

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    1. Hi Albert,
      just fyi - it seems more vendors start adding EMVA1288 datasheets. For example I just recently learned that e2v Emerald 67M comes with a EMVA1288 standard datasheet

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  3. I'm very happy to see pixel MTF data, but there's a trade-off between peak QE and pixel MTF. I'd like to see a study of object detectability/recognition versus QE/MTF trade-offs.

    Traditionally, sensor companies have fixated on QE specs while paying less attention to MTF. This doesn't guarantee that they at the optimum spot for object detection.

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    1. For object detectability versus QE/MTF study, please check the paper "Comparison of Detectability Index and Contrast Detection Probability", equation #6 and #20-32 express the relations between detectability vs. QE&MTF.

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    2. Ah, yes! I knew I'd seen a paper related to this topic somewhere. I really should have remembered it was by Robin.

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  4. Indeed, props for publishing! May they publish more technical content in the future.

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