Toshiba Introduces World's Highest Pixel Count CCD Area Sensor; First 1.66-Million-Pixel CCD for Digital Still Cameras in Mass Production.TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1998--Toshiba Corporation today announced the world's most pixel-packed CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. area-image sensor for digital still cameras. The TCD TCD Trinity College Dublin TCD Chad (ISO Country code) TCD Transcranial Doppler TCD Thermal Conductivity Detector TCD Traffic Control Device TCD Tropical Conservation and Development 5603D surpasses other commercialized products with a 1.66-million pixel count that achieves higher levels of resolution and enhances image quality. The new CCD will enter mass production this August, and samples are now available at US$230. Digital still cameras boomed in these few years and were an immediate hit in 1996. Annual sales reached 2.7 million units in 1997 and Toshiba's forecasts for this year show global sales of five million. The demand reflects their versatility. Digitally-recorded images from these film-free cameras can be easily and quickly viewed on LCDs integrated into the cameras, or on TVs or computer screens. Once in a computer, images can be printed, e-mailed, used in desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, or posted on the internet, and manipulated for special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. with a vast array of software. While early models offeredonly VGA-level resolution, recent "mega-pixel" cameras complement high-quality color ink-jet printers and large, high-resolution monitors, and offer pictures fast approaching the quality levels of conventional photography. TCD5603D supports even higher resolution levels than the CCDs in cameras already on the market, and advances the trend to higher pixel counts. TCD5603D is a 1/2-inch interline in·ter·line 1 tr.v. in·ter·lined, in·ter·lin·ing, in·ter·lines To insert between printed or written lines. in CCD area image sensor An image sensor is a device that converts a visual image to an electric signal. It is used chiefly in digital cameras and other imaging devices. It is usually an array of charge-coupled devices (CCD) or CMOS sensors such as active-pixel sensors. with approximately 1.66 million pixels. Each individual pixel has an RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). primary filter, organized in a cross-striped array so that pixels with a green filter are always diagonally adjacent to one another. Four-field interlace scanning See interlace. combines data from four pixels in forming individual fields, at a maximum of 8.8 frames a second. The image aspect ratio is 3:2, but the huge pixel count supports viewing on 16:9 wide-screen TVs, and 3:1 panoramic views. The TCD5603D interfaces with a range of data storage systems, including SmartMedia. Fast emerging as the de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. image storage system for digital still cameras, SmartMedia cards are a reliable, inexpensive storage solution that combine versatility with high capacity. Two, four, eight and 16 megabyte cards are already in mass production, and 32M cards will become available from the end of 1998. -0-
Features
-- Interlace scan: four fields per frame (maximum 8.8 frames per
second)
-- Cross-striped array of square pixel
-- Aspect ratio: 3:2
-- Horizontal drive frequency - maximum 15.8MHz
Device Structure
Optical size: 1/2-inch
Color filter: RGB primary color (G: cross striped)
Pixel count: 1,590 (h) x 1,042 (v) approx. 1.66M pixels
Effective pixels: 1,548 (h) x 1,032 (v) approx. 1.60M pixels
Unit cell size: 4.85 micron meter (h) x 4.85 micron meter (v)
Image size: 7.51mm (h) x 5.01mm (v)
Data transfer: Interline
Package: 20-pin DIP ceramic package
Production: Samples now available.
Mass production from August 1998
Sample price: US$230 for TCD5603D
CONTACT: Toshiba
Kenichi Sugiyama, +81-3-3457-2105
kenichi.sugiyama@toshiba.co.jp
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