A 1/2.7 inch Low-Noise CMOS Image Sensor for Full HD Camcorders

A 1/2.7 inch 1944times1092pixels CMOS image sensor with multi-gain column amplifier and double noise canceller is fabricated in a 0.18mum 1P3M CMOS process. It operates at 48MHz in a progressive scanning mode at 60fps. A 2T/pixel architecture and low optical stack with micro innerlens achieve 14.8ke - /1x-s sensitivity, 14ke - saturation, 3.7e - rms noise and 12.2e - dark current at 60degC.