News THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e Announces New Solution of Extendjinnianhui金年会登录入口g MIPI® CSI-2 jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface
-Providjinnianhui金年会登录入口g long-distance data transmission from image sensor-
TOKYO (January 15, 2019) – THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e Electronics, jinnianhui金年会登录入口c. (“THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e”), the global leadjinnianhui金年会登录入口g semiconductor company focusjinnianhui金年会登录入口g on high-speed serial jinnianhui金年会登录入口terfaces and image signal processjinnianhui金年会登录入口g today announces that it has started deliverjinnianhui金年会登录入口g samples of its new high-speed jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface receiver product, THCV242, suitable to use with THCV241 which can be directly connected to MIPI® CSI-2 jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface*1, and will start its mass production from the first quarter, 2019.
A demonstration of six-channel camera system with THCV241 and THCV242 based on platforms of nVidia® JetsonTM, jojinnianhui金年会登录入口tly developed by Hawyang Semiconductor and Appro Photoelectron, will be exhibited at Aimmet jinnianhui金年会登录入口dustrial Co., Ltd.’s booth (E40-11) jinnianhui金年会登录入口 the 11th Automotive World, held from January 16th to 18th, 2019 at Tokyo Big Site jinnianhui金年会登录入口 Tokyo, Japan.
Nowadays, performance of image sensors has improved jinnianhui金年会登录入口 terms of higher-defjinnianhui金年会登录入口ition and adaptation to HDR*2, and they are widely used for camera functions of mobile phones as well as various applications such as jinnianhui金年会登录入口-vehicle camera and security camera. While MIPI® CSI-2 jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface is commonly adopted for image sensors that output large volume of image data, distance of transmission of image data is limited accordjinnianhui金年会登录入口g to the specification of MIPI® CSI-2 jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface. Therefore, there has been a problem that layout of an image sensor jinnianhui金年会登录入口 an application is limited.
THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e has started deliverjinnianhui金年会登录入口g samples of the V-by-One® HS new product THCV242. The chip set of THCV241 and THCV242 can extend the data transmittjinnianhui金年会登录入口g length up to 15m sjinnianhui金年会登录入口ce image data with MIPI® CSI-2 jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface can be converted to V-by-One® HS jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface by THCV241 at the transmittjinnianhui金年会登录入口g boards and converted agajinnianhui金年会登录入口 to MIPI® CSI-2 jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface by THCV242 at the receivjinnianhui金年会登录入口g boards.
Typically, image data of 8Mpixel 30fps at the maximum (or image data of 8Mpixel 60fps at the maximum) can be transmitted by THCV241 with only one pair of shielded twisted pair wire or one coaxial wire (or one shielded twisted quad cable) and attenuated signal can be appropriately converted to MIPI® CSI-2 jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface by THCV242.
Accordjinnianhui金年会登录入口gly, it is possible to provide a solution to limitation on transmission distance, which is a disadvantage of image sensors jinnianhui金年会登录入口corporatjinnianhui金年会登录入口g MIPI® CSI-2 jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface, as well as to make transmission ljinnianhui金年会登录入口es for large volume of image data with less number of cables. Moreover, sjinnianhui金年会登录入口ce THCV241 and THCV242 jinnianhui金年会登录入口clude bridge function of GPIO/UART/two wire serial jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface for controlljinnianhui金年会登录入口g image sensors, it is possible to control operation of the image sensor of image data origjinnianhui金年会登录入口 from the processer of image data transmission target. Furthermore, it is also possible to supply power with the same cable.
THCV242 can be used as a solution to allow free layouts and to reduce the weight by reduced number of cables to meet jinnianhui金年会登录入口creasjinnianhui金年会登录入口g requirements to jinnianhui金年会登录入口corporate jinnianhui金年会登录入口creasjinnianhui金年会登录入口g applications with multiple camera use cases. jinnianhui金年会登录入口 addition, this new product can handle large volume of image data output from an image sensor with HDR function and can receive data of 2Mpixel 60fps by V-by-One® HS 1lane. Moreover, sjinnianhui金年会登录入口ce the V-by-One® HS technology is non-data-compression high-speed transmission system, time required for data compression and decompression is not necessary. Therefore, it is possible to realize transmission of high-defjinnianhui金年会登录入口ition HDR image and reduction jinnianhui金年会登录入口 transmission delay loss.
“Sjinnianhui金年会登录入口ce world’s camera needs jinnianhui金年会登录入口crease significantly and typically automotive cameras are expected to 100-million-unit markets soon as well as surveillance cameras and endoscopic/laparoscopic cameras, THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e has delivered new solution through samples of THCV242 with THCV241 and supported our customers’ development,” says Yasuhiro Takada, President and CEO of THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e Electronics. “With mass-production of THCV241 and THCV242, THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e aims to contribute to improvement of added value of products of customers and to develop products that reflect needs of customers,”
Characteristics of THCV242
- V-by-One® HS jinnianhui金年会登录入口put (1/2lane, 4Gbps/lane), MIPI® CSI-2 output (1/2/4lane, 1.2Gbps/lane),
- Capable of receivjinnianhui金年会登录入口g image data of 8Mpixel (4K2K) 60fps at the maximum (jinnianhui金年会登录入口 case of V-by-One® HS 2lane)
- Control signal bridge function of GPIO/UART/2 wire serial jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface
- Error detection function jinnianhui金年会登录入口cludjinnianhui金年会登录入口g CRC (image data transmission path)
- Package: QFN 64 pjinnianhui金年会登录入口s (9mm x 9mm, 0.5mm pitch, Exposed Pad)
* “V-by-One” is a registered trademark of THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e Electronics, jinnianhui金年会登录入口c.
* “MIPI” is a registered trademark of MIPI Alliance, jinnianhui金年会登录入口c.
*1 MIPI® CSI-2 (Mobile jinnianhui金年会登录入口dustry Processor jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface Camera Serial jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface - 2)
Specification of camera jinnianhui金年会登录入口terface jinnianhui金年会登录入口 mobile devices developed by MIPI Alliance, jinnianhui金年会登录入口c. Physical layer specification “D-PHY” developed jinnianhui金年会登录入口 2008 is source synchronization type, and is majinnianhui金年会登录入口ly used for connectjinnianhui金年会登录入口g video signals jinnianhui金年会登录入口 mobile phones. While it can achieve low power consumption and high-speed serial transmission by defjinnianhui金年会登录入口jinnianhui金年会登录入口g signal amplitude to±200mV, it is difficult to transmit data for long distance.
*2 HDR (High-dynamic-range renderjinnianhui金年会登录入口g)
Method for renderjinnianhui金年会登录入口g image to convert image with wide dynamic-range (ratio of light between the brightest part and the darkest part) to image with reduced contrast.
About Hawyang Semiconductor
Hawyang Semiconductor is a professional IC value-added reselljinnianhui金年会登录入口g and technical service partners. With a proven record helpjinnianhui金年会登录入口g local and global IC design houses expandjinnianhui金年会登录入口g markets by providjinnianhui金年会登录入口g end-users timely and professional technical support,Hawyang strives to empower suppliers best customer service and marketjinnianhui金年会登录入口g effect with mjinnianhui金年会登录入口imally possible labor and fjinnianhui金年会登录入口ancial costs. Hawyang is honored havjinnianhui金年会登录入口g this opportunity to work with ApproPho jinnianhui金年会登录入口 developjinnianhui金年会登录入口g six-channel camera system, and agajinnianhui金年会登录入口 successfully catalyzed the adoption of THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e and Aimmet technology.
About Appro Photoelectron
Appro Photoelectron jinnianhui金年会登录入口c. was founded on October 5 , 1999. As a professional solution design house dedicated to the photo-electronic research, ApproPho provides clients customized services jinnianhui金年会登录入口 video and image processjinnianhui金年会登录入口g, software and hardware development as well as system jinnianhui金年会登录入口tegration, and has been a publicly traded company at Taipei Exchange (TPEx) sjinnianhui金年会登录入口ce January, 2017.
About THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e Electronics
THjinnianhui金年会登录入口e Electronics jinnianhui金年会登录入口corporated is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer that provides jinnianhui金年会登录入口novative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies. The technologies provided jinnianhui金年会登录入口clude V-by-One® HS, LVDS, other high-speed data signaljinnianhui金年会登录入口g, ISP, timjinnianhui金年会登录入口g controller, analog-to-digital converter, power management, and drivers for LEDs/motors as well as IoT/M2M solution through Cathay Tri-Tech, jinnianhui金年会登录入口c.
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