Toshiba Corporation's (TOKYO:6502) Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today announced the launch of “T4KB3”, a 13-megapixel (MP) BSI[1] 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. Mass production shipments start today.

Toshiba: 13-megapixel BSI CMOS image sensor

Toshiba: 13-megapixel BSI CMOS image sensor "T4KB3" for smartphones and tablets (Photo: Business Wire)

A new design methodology 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[2]. The chip is also in the world’s smallest class of 13MP sensors[3], about 24% smaller than Toshiba’s current 13MP sensor[2], and “T4KB3” is world’s smallest class 13MP sensor [3].

The new sensor also deploys “Bright Mode” technology that captures bright video images at high frame rates, realizing Full-HD video capture at 120fps equivalent.

The new CMOS sensor positions Toshiba to contribute to the realization of smaller form-factor camera modules and thinner mobile devices.

Applications

  • Smartphones and tablets

Key Features

  • Low power circuit design reduces power consumption to 53% of Toshiba’s current product
  • In the world’s smallest class of chip size for 13MP CMOS image sensors[3]
  • Full-HD video capture at 120fps equivalent
  • “Bright Mode” technology that captures bright video images at high frame rates

Main Specifications

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.)

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

Notes:
[1] BSI: Back Side Illumination.
[2] Compared with “T4K82”.
[3] Toshiba survey, as of April 2, 2015.

For further information about this product, please visit:
http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/info/lookup.jsp?pid=T4KB3®ion=apc&lang=en

For further information about “Bright Mode”, please visit:
http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/sensor/cmos-sensor/tech-brightmode.html

Customer Inquiries:
Image Sensor Sales & Marketing Department
Tel: +81-3-3457-3370
http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/contact.html

＊Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice.

About Toshiba

Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and electrical product and systems into five strategic business domains: Energy & Infrastructure, Community Solutions, Healthcare Systems & Services, Electronic Devices & Components, and Lifestyles Products & Services. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, “Committed to People, Committed to the Future”, Toshiba promotes global operations towards securing “Growth Through Creativity and Innovation”, and is contributing to the achievement of a world in which people everywhere live in safe, secure and comfortable society.

Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today’s Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of over 590 consolidated companies employing over 200,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 6.5 trillion yen (US$63 billion).
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