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ICX278AK

14 pin DIP (Plastic)

Description

The ICX278AK is an interline CCD solid-state

image sensor suitable for NTSC color video cameras

with a diagonal 4.5mm (Type 1/4) system. Compared

with the current product ICX208AK, basic

characteristics such as sensitivity, smear and

dynamic range are improved drastically through the

This chip features a field period readout system and

an electronic shutter with variable charge-storage time.

The package is a 10mm-square 14-pin DIP (Plastic).

characteristics from the current CCD.

Features

• High sensitivity (+5dB compared with the ICX208AK)

• Low smear (–20dB compared with the ICX208AK)

• High D range (+2dB compared with the ICX208AK)

• Horizontal register: 3.3 to 5.0V drive

• Reset gate:

3.3 to 5.0V drive

• No voltage adjustment

(Reset gate and substrate bias are not adjusted.)

• High resolution, low smear and low dark current

• Excellent antiblooming characteristics

• Continuous variable-speed shutter

• Recommended range of exit pupil distance: –20 to –100mm

• Ye, Cy, Mg, and G complementary color mosaic filters on chip

Device Structure

• Interline CCD image sensor

• Image size:

Diagonal 4.5mm (Type 1/4)

• Number of effective pixels: 768 (H)

× 494 (V) approx. 380K pixels

• Total number of pixels:

811 (H)

× 508 (V) approx. 410K pixels

• Chip size:

4.43mm (H)

×3.69mm (V)

• Unit cell size:

4.75µm (H)

× 5.55µm (V)

• Optical black:

Horizontal (H) direction: Front 3 pixels, rear 40 pixels

Vertical (V) direction:

Front 12 pixels, rear 2 pixels

• Number of dummy bits:

Horizontal 22

Vertical 1 (even fields only)

• Substrate material:

Silicon

Optical black position

(Top View)

2

12

V

H

Pin 1

Pin 8

40

3

∗ EXview HAD CCD is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

EXview HAD CCD is a CCD that drastically improves light efficiency by including near infrared light region as a basic structure of

HAD (Hole-Accumulation-Diode) sensor.

TM

Diagonal 4.5mm (Type 1/4) CCD Image Sensor for NTSC Color Video Cameras