Renesas Electronics introduces a new 8.48-megapixel (MP) high-resolution CMOS image sensor that supports 4K video cameras. Along with the existing Renesas 2.12 MP product, which is already in mass production, Renesas will provide large-scale sales support for its high-end CMOS image sensor for network security cameras. To meet the growing needs of network security cameras in financial institutions, transportation systems, and commercial establishments, the new CMOS image sensor provides features suitable for image acquisition under the varied environmental conditions required by high-end devices and contributes to increased system performance.
The new sensor achieves a clear, high-visibility, full-color image even in moonlit environments.
It captures clear, high-visibility images even when using digital zoom, thanks to its highly reliable 4K video capture at 60 fps.
The sensor supports a line-by-line HDR (high dynamic range) mode in which long and short exposure data are output separately for each line. This enables video capture, even for high-contrast scenes.
Renesas also provides a reference board, developed in conjunction with a camera module manufacturer, to allow users to evaluate the performance of the Renesas CMOS image sensor. Renesas plans to work with camera module manufacturers to supply camera modules with a variety of features, such as autofocus, HDR (high dynamic range), wide-area monitoring, and vibration reduction (image stabilization). This will allow system manufacturers to reduce development time and costs for new, high-performance network security camera products.
Renesas will continue to expand its security camera solutions for network security cameras by providing its CMOS image sensors in combination with microcontrollers (MCUs).
Samples of the RAA462113FYL are now available and serial production is scheduled to begin in December 2017.
