Toshiba Starts Mass Production of 13 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor
Toshiba today announced the launch of T4KB3, a 13-megapixel (MP) BSI CMOS image sensor with the optical format of 1/3.07 inch that offers makers of smartphones and tablets lower power consumption and a smaller chip size. Compared to the company's previous BSI CMOS image sensor (T4K82), the T4KB3 has been designed using a new methodology that helps to reduce the power consumption of the new sensor to 200mW, or less at 30fps - 53% that of Toshiba's sensor now in mass production. The chip is also the world's smallest in the class of 13MP sensors - about 24% smaller than Toshiba's current 13MP sensor.
The new sensor also deploys the "Bright Mode" technology that captures bright videos at high frame rates, realizing Full-HD video capture at 120fps equivalent.
Main Specifications |
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| Part Number | T4KB3 |
| Output Pixels | 13 megapixels |
| Optical Format | 1/3.07 inch |
| Pixel Pitch | 1.12 micrometer BSI |
| Reference Module Size | 8.5 mm x 8.5 mm (Auto focus type)
6.7 mm x 6.7 mm (Fixed focus type) |
Output Frame Rate (Max.) |
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| Sensor output mode
(Output pixels) |
Normal mode
(Progressive output) |
Bright mode (Interlace output )* |
| 13M (4208 x 3120) | 30 fps | － |
| 4K2K (4000 x 2160) | 30 fps | － |
| Full-HD (Crop: 1920 x1080) | 60 fps | 120 fps |
| HD (Crop & binning: 1280 x 720) | 120 fps | － |
* or after progressive conversion processing by external IC |
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