A Review of the 1.4 181;m Pixel Generation Image （回顾1.4 181;m像素生成图像）.pdf

A Review of the 1.4 µm Pixel Generation Ray Fontaine Technology Analysis Group Chipworks Inc. 3685 Richmond Road, Suite 500 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2H 5B7 rfontaine@ Abstract – The first 1.4 µm pixel generation CMOS image sensors version of its internal reset control (IRC) pixels to reduce the (CIS) began appearing in consumer-grade downstream products number of interconnect lines in its FI pixels [9]. in early 2009 with the majority of small pixel CIS innovators mass producing 1.4 µm pixel devices by the end of 2010. As TABLE I. PIXEL ARCHITECTURE BY COMPANY 1.1 µm pixel generation devices have entered mass production in early 2011, it is worth reviewing the enabling technologies found 1.4 µm Pixel Device Pixel Architecture Application in real world examples of 1.4 µm pixel devices. Manufacturer Sharing Aptina 4-shared 1.75T effective, Mobile phone CIS developers faced a fundamental decision when scaling IRC down from the 1.75 µm pixel generation: whether to extend front-illuminated (FI) technology or to develop back-illuminated OmniVision/TSMC 2-shared 2T effective