몇일전에 타워재즈가 파나소닉에 이미지센서를 납품하고 있다는 인터뷰를 올렸었습니다.

뭐... 어짜피 타워재즈는 파나소닉과 지분 합작회사(TPSCo)이고, 파나소닉 이미지센서 반도체공장을 타워재즈가 인수했기 때문에, 파나소닉과 상관없다고 할수는 없는 센서 제조사입니다.

그런데 여기서 흥미로운 기사가 올라와서 파나톡에 올립니다.

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제목 : e2v and TowerJazz Start Production of 67MP APS-C Sensor with Global Shutter Pixels

GlobeNewswire: A year after the first announcement, Teledyne e2v and TowerJazz say that Teledyne e2v’s Emerald 67M image sensor is now available.

The sensor is a member of Teledyne e2v’s Emerald family and features TowerJazz’s smallest 2.5µm low-noise global shutter pixel, on TowerJazz’s 65nm platform, in its Uozu, 300mm Japanese manufacturing facility. The pixel is integrated with a unique light pipe technology, offering wide angular response, more than 80dB shutter efficiency, in a small size, and extremely low noise of 1e-.

Special features include HDR modes with up to 120dB DR and also a ROI mode which allows multiple ROI to be captured under different exposure conditions, further improving the DR of an image.

Emerald 67M has a square shape with 8k resolution per side, enabling 95% utilization of the image area for the next generation of display manufacturing, gen 10.5. The high resolution optimizes vision system movements in large product inspection, reducing system complexity and removing instabilities. It is available in two different speed grades (ultra-high speed, 60fps and high speed, 30fps).

Rafael Romay, VP of Professional Imaging at Teledyne e2v, said “The Emerald 67M is the first sensor of its kind and is enjoying strong interest in inspection applications due to its ultra-high resolution and fast speed. It also shares many of the smart features within other Emerald sensors making it easier to deploy within vision systems. The great technology innovation and support from TowerJazz allowed us to bring to market this best-in-class solution, customized to product and application needs.”

Avi Strum, TowerJazz SVP and GM of the Sensor BU said, “Teledyne e2v’s design and supply chain along with TowerJazz’s state of the art 65nm process have again brought a game changing sensor to machine vision applications. We are proud to have developed this together and look forward to further collaboration with Teledyne e2v to serve the machine vision market.”

67MP 1:1 APS-C센서입니다.

8192 x 8192 = 67,108,864 Pixel => 67MP....

10bit 최대 프레임레이트는 울트라 하이스피드 모델은 60fps, 하이스피드 모델은 30fps입니다.  67MP 10bit 60fps라니.... 게다가 글로벌셔터...

픽셀피치는 2.5um로... APS-C에 67MP나 되다보니 마포보다 픽셀피치가 작습니다. 마포 20MP의 픽셀피치는 3um입니다.

전력소모는 전체해상도 최대스피드로 뽑아내도 3W이하...

HDR모드, Horizental Sub-sampling, binning모드(파나소닉의 그 픽셀비닝)도 있네요.

일본 TSMC공장에서 300mm웨이퍼에 65nm공정이 적용됩니다.

45nm공정도 있던데 그걸로 유기센서나 좀 뽑아주면 좋겠네요.

P.S. 이 센서로 파나소닉이 APS-C 카메라를 만들가능성은 없어보입니다. 머신비전용이라는데, 어쨌거나 1:1이라....
     캠코더용은 Super35mm가 따로 있으니, 풀프 + 마포로 라인업을 유지한다고 했지요...

     근데 왜이렇게 마포에 소홀하냐 파나소닉 ㅡㅡ;;;