越来越好的KAI-08051图像传感器

2018-10-11 14:13:27

我必须承认它会变得越来越好 - Lennon-McCartney
每个人都希望以这样或那样的方式 - 事情比以前好一些。
父母希望孩子过上更好的生活。
工人们想要更多的薪水。
运动队的球迷希望至少比去年赢得一些胜利。
这是人性的基本驱动力 - 希望让事情变得比以前更好，并努力想方设法实现这一目标。
对于工业相机的制造商和用户来说，由于Truesense Imaging已加入安森美半导体家族，事情肯定会变得更好。
我们为能够为高性能成像市场提供最先进的图像传感器的新机遇感到兴奋 - 无论是基于CCD技术提供的卓越图像质量还是CMOS的灵活性和帧速率。
但即使我们结合我们的成像产品组合，我们仍在继续寻找开发新产品或增强现有产品的方法，以更好地满足客户的需求。
这些改进可以通过多种方式实现，从推出新产品平台（如PYTHON系列CMOS图像传感器，或我们的12和600万像素CMOS器件）到利用现有技术开发新系列器件
卓越的图像质量（就像我们新的7.4微米CCD图像传感器）。
但有时最好的方法就是采取已经很好的东西并使其更好一些。
例如，看看我们的新KAI-08051图像传感器。
作为TRUESENSE 5.5微米行间传输CCD平台的最新成员，这款800万像素CCD具有与该系列其他成员相同的5.5微米像素架构和高成像性能。
但现在我们已经包含了一个更新的放大器，将读取噪声降低了15％，新近优化的微透镜结构提高了量子效率（单色设备超过10％），以及新的彩色滤光片材料，可以捕获更准确的色彩。
结果？
传感器向后兼容现有的KAI-08050图像传感器（因此制造商可以轻松地将新设备整合到他们现有的相机设计中），但提供更好的性能，特别是在低光照条件下。
静止不动是一种选择。
随着我们客户的成像要求不断提高，我们理解需要不断改进和增强我们的产品组合，以保持高性能图像传感器的领先供应商。
虽然底层技术可能很复杂，但最终目标非常简单 - 一系列产品可提供解决新问题的新功能。
一个不断变得更好的投资组合。
总是好一点。

以上来自于谷歌翻译

以下为原文

I’ve got to admit it’s getting better
A little better all the time
– Lennon-McCartney

Everyone hopes for it, in one way or another – things to be a little better than they were before.  Parents want a better life for their children.  Workers want a little more in their paycheck.  And fans of sports teams want at least a few more wins than last year.  It’s a basic drive of human nature – looking to make things better than they were before, and striving to find ways to make that happen.
For manufacturers and users of Industrial cameras, things have definitely gotten better now that Truesense Imaging has joined the ON Semiconductor family.  We’re excited about the new opportunities we can address as we work together to provide the most advanced image sensors for high-performance imaging markets - whether based on the superior image quality available from CCD technology or the flexibility and frame rate coming from CMOS.
But even as we combine our imaging portfolios, we continue looking for ways to develop new products – or enhance existing ones – to better meet our customer’s needs.  These improvements can come in a variety of ways, ranging from the launch of a new product platform (like the PYTHON family of CMOS image sensors, or our 12 and 6 megapixel CMOS devices) to leveraging existing technology to develop a new family of devices with superior image quality (like our new 7.4 µm CCD image sensors).
But sometimes the best path is to just take something that’s already good and make it a little better.
For example, look at our new KAI-08051 Image Sensor. As the latest member of the TRUESENSE 5.5-micron Interline Transfer CCD Platform, this 8-megapixel CCD shares the same 5.5 micron pixel architecture and high imaging performance as other members of this family.  But now we’ve included an updated amplifier to reduce read noise by 15%, newly-optimized microlens structures to increase Quantum Efficiency (over 10% for monochrome devices), and new color filter materials to capture more accurate colors.  The result?  A sensor that’s backwards compatible with the existing KAI-08050 Image Sensor (so manufacturers can easily incorporate the new device into their existing camera designs) but provides better performance, particularly under low-light conditions.

Standing still is never an option.  As the imaging requirements of our customers continue to advance, we understand the need to keep improving and enhancing our product portfolio in order to remain a leading supplier of high performance image sensors.  While the underlying technology can be complex, the end goal is very straightforward – a portfolio of products that provides new features to solve new problems.  A portfolio that keeps getting better.
A little better all the time.