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Newsight Imaging to release the NSI9000: An affordable CMOS image sensor providing advanced features for depth sensing and LiDAR applications with built-in eTOF(TM) technology and event detection capabilities
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
NESS ZIONA, Israel, Feb. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newsight Imaging - a leading semiconductor innovator developing machine vision sensors, spectral vision chips, and systems - announced today the upcoming release of the NSI9000 one-chip (non-stacked) CMOS image sensor solution for depth imaging. The new chip is equipped with 491,520 depth 5x5 micron pixels (1024x480) (almost 5X more than its closest competitor), global shutter (with up to 132 fps on full resolution), and an estimated depth accuracy of less than 1% of the distance. The sensor is designed for an optimal distance of 0-200 meters. The new chip offers new capabilities at a competitive price to significant growth markets for LiDAR systems, automotive ADAS, Metaverse AR/VR applications, Industry 4.0, and smart city/IOT, including smart traffic 3D vision systems.
The sensor is a result of five years of collaborative innovation by Newsight and its partners such as Fraunhofer and Tower-Jazz. The product offers unique features, including:
-- Newsight's patented enhanced Time-Of-Flight (eTOF) technology that is
well demonstrated on the currently available NSI1000 sensor chip. This
technology enables maximal flexibility using multi-sets of
configurations, in-pixel accumulation, and a novel depth calculating
method that does not require heavy calculations and expensive MCU.
-- Event aware unique circuit, which was developed as part of the Israeli
smart imaging consortium (https://www.smartimagingiia.com/). The
solution enables event driven imaging, while a unique circuit attached
to each pixel makes it possible to broadcast only lines with pixels that
were changed from a previous frame. This feature is specifically
designed for smart-city enabled cameras and smart traffic solutions.
-- Multi-triangulation: a unique solution for industry 4.0 applications and
measurement devices of 480 ultra-accurate depth points, down to micron
accuracy for close 3D inspection of production rail objects.
-- Built in fusion, allowing the sensor to extract a full resolution B/W
image together with a depth image from the same frame data, and making
image and depth fusion trivial for systems developers.
-- Chip design using a standard CMOS image sensor process, with only two
system power source requirements (1.8V, 3.3V), making it a low-power,
easy to integrate, and affordable solution for mass markets.
Newsight NSI9000
Competitor
Sample
price
1,800 Yen
15,000 Yen
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Pixel
size
Global
shutter
5 x 5 Global shutter 10.08 x 10.08 Global shutter
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Array
resolution
491K pixels
100K pixels
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Technology One chip CIS non stacked
Stacked
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Frame
Rate
130 fps
Tens of fps
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System
complexity (Digital), 1.8 V (Interface)
/
Power
supply
3.3 V Analog -20.5 V, 3.3 V (Analog), 1.1 V
1.8 V Digital
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Maximum
distance
200 meters
300 meters
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Accuracy Better than 1% 3%
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Event
based
circuit
Full
None
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Multi-
triangulation
depth
points 480
None
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Built-
in
depth
and
B/
W
image
fusion
Yes
No
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Gated
imaging
feature
("see
beyond
fog")
Yes
No
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Chip
package
footprint
12.7 mm x 12.7 mm
15.65 mm x 15.35 mm
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Eyal Yatskan, Newsight CTO and Co-founder, noted: "Newsight has implemented significant, proven, and innovative ideas in this sensor and accelerated the capabilities of the solution to match the high-end requirements of our customers' target applications. Newsight believes that such advanced solutions can be offered at affordable prices for building high volume best ROI depth imaging products."
Newsight will be offering a complete demo system using its eTOF Lidar reference design starting August 2022.
About Newsight Imaging
Newsight Imaging (www.nstimg.com) develops advanced CMOS image sensor chips for 3D machine vision and spectral analysis. Newsight's depth camera sensors for machine vision serve verticals such as Mobile & Metaverse, Robotics, Industry 4.0, Automotive Safety, etc. The Company has recently launched its one-of-a-kind solid-state LiDAR reference design, the eTOF(TM) LiDAR, based on the NSI1000 sensor. In addition, Newsight has developed a spectral chip backed by AI technology, demonstrated in the SpectraLIT(TM). The SpectraLIT(TM) offers a unique and affordable solution for remote healthcare, real time diagnosis, and quality inspection solutions for water, food & beverage, etc. The company has US and EU patents and has received multiple grants by the Israeli Innovation Authority.
Newsight is becoming a global market leader in sensing solutions for machine vision and spectral analysis applications. The Company is leveraging its years of experience in chip design to create the most advanced 3D and spectral sensors on the market at competitive prices.
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Contact:
Michal Cooper
+972-8-3792388
michal.cooper@nstimg.com
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