Applications

Machine vision cameras demand for higher frame rate, good sensitivity and pipelined global shutters. Cmosis has all know-how and technology in house to create great sensors for this market. Our global shutter pixel features a very good shutter efficiency, no influence of parasitic light on the pixel storage node and a good light sensitivity, all required for this application

CMOS sensors have emerged in high frame rate cameras over the last 10 years. Their design is well scaleable for the parallellism. Cmosis understands the need for high sensitivity and faster output speeds, whilst keeping the image quality good. Of course, this is combined with a global shutter pixel with a strong light sensitivty and a very good shutter efficiency.

Be it inspection of medical, industrial or biometrical images, such application demands for specific needs. Throughput of the system is important, which translates into high frame rates. The sensor is optimized for specific wavelengths, in the UV, visible or NIR wavelength range. MTF and cross-talk requirements are strong, and pixel binning capabilities may be required.

Small sensors, 1 mm2 or smaller, with dedicated low wire-count interfaces can image locations which were not accessible before. Customized IO protocols, highly light sensitive pixels and fully area-optimized sensor design are critical for this field.

The other part of the spectrum, both in wavelength range as well as in sensor size is served by X-ray imaging. In today's digital X-ray solutions, scintillators deposited on top of the sensor convert the X-rays into visible light. A large readout chip reads the image. Sensor size is important and can be up to 13 x 13 cm2, one chip on an 8 inch wafer. Cmosis has the know-how how to make wafer scale image sensors with good yields at an affordable cost.

Time Delayed Integration or TDI imager sensors are used to capture a slice of the earth in an earth observation satelite. CMOS imagers can be designed highly tolerant to ionizing radiation, and reduce total system complexity, weight and cost. System-on-chip CMOS imagers find use in space applications due to the lower system complexity, power and weight. Fully optimized CMOS sensors with exotic specs can be used to image ultra-fast events, low light levels, or spectral lines.

CMOS sensors allow integration of logic for image processing. This is extensively used in consumer applications for single-chip cameras. Cmosis design flow is ready to design such sensors for custom design.