Sensor-2024 World Electronics Achievement Awards-EE Times

Product：50MP CMOS Image Sensor GC50B2

Recommended reasons： The GC50B2 is a 50-Mega-pixel CMOS image sensor with a pixel size of 1μm and an optical size of 1/1.56’’. It supports Remosaic mode to output 50-Mega-pixel resolution, or binning output 12.5-Mega-pixel images with 2μm merged pixel size, delivering images with richer details in low-light environments. This sensor supports 60FPS 4K video shooting and is suitable for mid-to-high-end smartphone cameras. Based on GalaxyCore's Single-Wafer High-Resolution integration technology platform, the GC50B2 is produced with Pixel Array and Circuit both on a single wafer, making it the world's first 1μm Single-Wafer 50-Mega-pixel image sensor. It features GalaxyCore's DAG HDR technology, which utilizes high analog gain for darker areas to enhance clarity and texture, and low analog gain for bright areas to prevent overexposure. This technology ensures richly detailed images with no ghosting at lower power consumption during preview, photo, and video capture. Additionally, the GC50B2 is equipped with phase detection autofocus technology, ensuring rapid focus lock in fast-moving or low-light conditions.

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MEMS Drive Nanjing Limited

Product：MEMSDrive MEMS OIS Actuator

Recommended reasons： MEMS actuator is an electrostatic actuator, which provides translational X, translational Y movement, and rotation along Z axis. It moves image sensor, compensates vibration and stabilizes image quality during capturing and video recording. Comparing to the traditional lens-based optical image stabilization (OIS), the innovative MEMS OIS is a sensor shift OIS solution which provides superior stabilization performance with multiple advantages as follows: -- 10ms fast response -- 4mW extremely low power consumption -- sub-pixel precision -- no magnetic interference -- no heat generation -- High image resolution in low light and video without blur --Long lifetime, cycling test passed more than 2 billion without image degradation MEMSDrive’s optical image stabilizer (OIS), known as SensorShift, is the world’s smallest MEMS OIS actuator. The cutting-edge application of MEMS Technology provides a 5 axis Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) solution to improve clarity and achieve stable and precise image. All vibrations in pitch, yaw, roll, translational X and translational Y can be compensated with 1 single MEMS chip. Due to high precision and fast response in active movement, we can achieve another application called super resolution. By shifting imager 1 pixel or half pixel in different directions, capturing image at each position then merge and process those images, we can get a 4X or even higher resolution image. MEMS actuator is produced in wafer foundry, each actuator is a tiny chip on wafer. our foundry partner is using 12-inch wafer process to build MEMS actuator, the volume can be ramp up rapidly to satisfy customer’s demand. All processes are highly automated so every MEMS chip is highly consistent. MEMS actuator is a good platform more than just OIS, it brings unparalleled user experiences which no other existing actuator technology can match.

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DIOO Microcircuits Co., Ltd. Jiangsu

Product：Multi-channel ±1℃ accuracy temperature sensor with β compensation, DIA141X

Recommended reasons： Feature: a) Wide supply voltage range: 3.0V to 3.6V b) Up to three external diode temperature monitors • Maximum inaccuracy of ±1 ℃ (20 ~ 110 ℃) • 12-bit resolution: 0.0625℃ • Two external diode temperature monitors for DIA1413 • Three external diode temperature monitors for DIA1414 c) One internal diode temperature monitor • Maximum inaccuracy of ±1℃ (20 ~ 110℃) • 12-bit resolution: 0.0625℃ d) Resistance Error Correction e) Automatic BJT Type Detection f) Programmable High Limit and Low Limit ((ALERT) ̅ pin) g) Programmable Therm Limit ((THERM) ̅/ADDR pin) h) Programmable SMBus (or I2C) address • 1001_100(r/w(_)): DIA1413A / DIA1414A • 0011_000(r/w(_)): DIA1413B • Selectable by (THERM) ̅/ADDR pull-up: DIA1413C / DIA1414C i) Operating temperature range: -40℃ to 125 ℃ j) Package: DFN3*3-10 and MSOP-10 Application: Server , consumer and enterprise SSD storage, consumer and enterprise DDR storage market, laptop motherboards, desktop computers, automotive ADAS, telecommunications, Industrial IOT, other industrial and consumer electronics markets requiring temperature detection and protection systems. Advantage & Feature: a) High precision, good linearity, factory pre-calibration b) Automatic detection function and β compensation function c) Resistance error correction function d) Two-stage programmable temperature alarm function e) SMBus address This parameter is optional

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AlpsenTek(Full name: Shenzhen Ruishizhixin Technology Co., Ltd)

Product：Ultra-low power Hybrid Vision Sensor ALPIX-Titlis

Recommended reasons： Traditional image-based cameras require high power consumption to collect image data, which is difficult to meet the demands of power-sensitive applications. And the wake-up time of image-based devices is long, easy to produce image loss, and performs weak in privacy protection. ALPIX-Titlis takes advantage of event sensing with high sensitivity, low power consumption and high dynamic range, supports Event-based AON function and ultra-low power motion detection, significantly extending device battery life, and supports fast (millisecond level) switching from event mode to image mode. By using event data to compensate images, the HVS mode provide more powerful motion estimation capabilities with low delay, high precision and high dynamic range, to meet the needs of moving target detection and tracking in dark light, strong light or rapidly-changing light environments, facilitating the completion of complex 3D perception and visual reconstruction tasks with higher system efficiency.

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Calterah Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Product：Andes family of mmWave radar SoC chips

Recommended reasons： The Andes product family is Calterah's new generation of auto-grade mmWave radar SoCs, representing the most leading-edge mmWave radar technology, enabling 4D premium radar and imaging radar functions. The Andes family includes two part numbers: CAL77C644-AF and CAL77C844-AF. CAL77C644-AF can be applied to forward-looking radar and high-performance corner radar, while CAL77C844-AF supports the Flex-Cascading^® functionality, allowing cascading of any number of chips to achieve different scales of 4D imaging radar, thus empowering perception of L3+ autonomous driving systems. Based on Calterah’s new-generation product platform, the Andes SoCs have the most cutting-edge designs in computing power, RF module, Flex-Cascading^®, debugging system, cybersecurity, etc. Computing power: The quad-core CPU provides over 2000 DMIPS of computing power. The computing speed of the DSP core is three times that of its competing products. And Calterah's proprietary RSP achieves ultra-fast processing of radar signals. RF module: The Andes SoCs boast a 7-bit phase shifter based on transmission line design, supporting functions such as flexible generation of various waveforms and precise digital compensation unit. Cascading functionality: The Andes chip products offer Chip-to-Chip (C2C) interfaces for data exchange, enabling the Flex-Cascading^® function to connect multiple chips, which simplifies software design and operation. The C2C interfaces also support other functions such as distributed signal processing. Debugging system: The debugging system of Andes SoCs provides various interfaces such as JTAG and Aurora, multiple data channels, and analysis modules. Cybersecurity: The Andes SoCs use the “Security Island" design, supporting hardware acceleration for all encryption and decryption algorithms.

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NOVOSENSE Microelectronics

Product：Low-power Hall Switches NSM107x Series

Recommended reasons： The NOVOSENSE low-power Hall switch NSM107x series, with high precision and low power consumption as its core advantages, offers both unipolar and omnipolar models to meet various needs. It features a wide operating voltage range, adjustable sensitivity, extremely low current in low-power mode, and supports multiple output interfaces and package forms, making it easy to integrate and replace. Widely used in industrial control and consumer electronics, it significantly enhances device intelligence and reduces energy costs.

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OmniVision Group

Product：OCH2B Camera Module

Recommended reasons： Key Features and Competitive Advantages of the OCH2B10 Camera Module: 1) CMOS sensor: 1.116um BSI process pixel, it offers a 1500X1500 pixel resolution with a 1:1 aspect ratio, delivering a crisp 2.25-megapixel image at a high frame rate of 60fps. 2) Optics: With a generous 140° DFOV (Diagonal Field of View) and an extensive 8-100mm DoF (Depth of Field) design, it ensures a wide and clear viewing experience. 3) Compact size: The module, inclusive of the lens, measures a mere 2.5X2.5X3.6mm, making it ultra-compact and suitable for tight spaces. Its 1/7.5" form factor further enhances its portability and ease of integration. 4) Transmission: Leveraging AntLinx™'s proprietary digital transmission technology, it ensures high-quality transmission over a 4-meter ultra-thin cable, ensuring reliable data transfer. These features align perfectly with the specific requirements of medical endoscope products, making the OCH2B10 a standout choice. Compared to its competitors, OV's product excels in terms of high resolution, extensive depth of field, wide field of view, compact size, and stable transmission. The seamless integration of its CMOS sensor and optical module offers medical endoscope customers a nearly flawless solution. Primarily, the OCH2B10 finds its application in the realm of medical endoscopy, specifically catering to reusable and disposable endoscope products across various specialties such as gastroenterology, otolaryngology, orthopedics, surgery, dentistry, and veterinary medicine.

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OmniVision Group

Product：OX08D

Recommended reasons： LFM, HDR and high resolution have become essential prerequisites in modern automotive image sensors to achieve higher autonomy vehicles, OMNIVISION’s new 2.1µm single-pixel TheiaCel™ technology delivers high LFM without sacrificing image quality. TheiaCel™ leverages next-generation LOFIC capabilities together with the proven strength of OMNIVISION’s proprietary HDR technology (patented DCG and split-diode technology), which captures extremely high-contrast scenes for optimum content and image quality. OMNIVISION’s TheiaCel™ DCG + LOFIC solution achieves a wider dynamic range than earlier single-exposure HDR architectures. This technology has been applied in new released OX08D. The new OX08D10 image sensor provides automotive OEMs with one device that combines all of the most important features, including low-light performance, LED flicker mitigation (LFM), small size and low power, eliminating the need for our customers to make performance/design compromises to address LED flicker, as they have in the past,” said Paul Wu, automotive product marketing manager, OMNIVISION. “Additionally, we are excited to debut our new TheiaCel™ technology at AutoSens this year. TheiaCel™ brings a new era to single-exposure HDR in an easy-to-implement solution that yields dramatic improvements in image quality

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Shanghai Orient-Chip Technology Co.,LTD.

Product：OCH18XX

Recommended reasons： The OCH19605 current sensor IC is suitable for AC or DC current sensing in industrial, commercial, and communication systems. Key technical specifications of the product: (1) Integrated magnetic current sensor (2) ±5~±65A/AC-DC detection (3)High ESD capability: greater than 8KV (HBM) (4) High isolation voltage withstand: >5500V (5) Wide power supply voltage range: 4.5V~5.5V (6) Wide operating temperature range: -40℃~125℃ (7) SOP-16L-W, SOP-8L packaging Shanghai Orient-Chip Technology Co.,LTD. established in 2005, is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research, design, packaging testing, and sales of magnetic sensors and high-performance analog-digital mixed chips. Currently, the company has nearly 600 product models, widely used in new energy vehicles, industrial intelligence, photovoltaic energy storage, AIoT, and other important fields, and is one of the key suppliers of intelligent magnetic sensors, analog, and analog-digital mixed integrated circuits. After 18 years of independent innovation and research and development, by the end of 2023, Orient-Chip Technology has accumulated 184 intellectual property rights and has been honored with numerous awards, including the “Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s Specialized and New Little Giant,” “Second Prize for Science and Technology Progress of Shanghai,” and “China IC Unicorn Enterprise.” The company has established a joint laboratory with Shanghai University and collaborated with Professor Xia Jianbai of the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, to establish an expert workstation, continuously enhancing technological innovation capabilities. Orient-Chip Technology’s key research directions include the development of magnetic sensor ICs, low-power power management IC design, driver IC series, current limiting protection IC series, photoelectric sensor systems, and intelligent system integration, providing complete solutions. These comprehensive solutions make Orient-Chip Technology one of the leading suppliers in the fields of new energy vehicles, mobile terminals, consumer goods, appliances, and lighting.

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SmartSens Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Product：SmartSens' 50MP 1/1.28-inch image sensor SC580XS

Recommended reasons： SC580XS is the first 50MP 1/1.28-inch image sensor launched by SmartSens. As a 1.22µm pixel-sized image sensor, SC580XS is equipped with SmartSens' new-generation pixel technology SFCPixel^®_2 and multiple technologies and processes such as PixGain HDR^®, AllPix ADAF^®, etc. With performance advantages such as high dynamic range, low noise, 100% all-pixel focusing, and ultra-low power consumption, it brings delicate picture quality and rich light and shade details of texture images for the main camera of flagship smartphones. Benefiting from the newly upgraded readout circuit architecture design and the advanced 22nm HKMG process, SC580XS possesses excellent low-power consumption performance. SC580XS supports the hardware Remosaic function, with a power consumption as low as 500mW in the 50MP Full Size mode (25fps frame rate). Meanwhile, the power consumption of SC580XS for shooting 12.5MP images and 4K videos is as low as 190mW and 150mW respectively. Under the PixGain HDR^® high dynamic range mode, the power consumption of SC580XS for shooting 12.5MP images is only 465mW (AllPix ADAF^® mode) and 310mW (Sparse PDAF mode), which helps reduce the overall power consumption of the smartphone and significantly extend the maximum duration of continuous video shooting. In terms of data transmission, SC580XS is compatible with the C-PHY/D-PHY interface protocol, with a maximum transmission rate of 3.5Gsps/trio, meeting the requirements of high frame rate and high-resolution image transmission. At the same time, SC580XS supports the function of adjustable maximum amplitude of MIPI transmission to cope with the noise and interference caused by the internal functional modules of the phone, ensuring the normal reception of data signals at the module end and further boosting the texture of mobile imaging.

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Analog Devices, Inc.

Product：MAX40109——Low-Power, Precision Sensor Interface SoC

Recommended reasons： The MAX40109 is a low-power, precision sensor interface SoC that includes a high-precision, programmable Analog frontend (AFE), Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), calibration memory, and digital signal processing. It also includes a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) with an output buffer to support analog voltage output and a 4mA–20mA current loop. Traditional pressure sensor manufacturers need two-step calibrations to correct nonlinear output, while the MAX40109 revolutionizes this process through single-flow calibration, which can reduce one-time factory calibration and test time by more than 30%, effectively reducing overall system complexity and calibration costs. Compared with traditional solutions, this process eliminates the need for up to 10 laser trimming resistors, while leveraging internal integrated DSP for nonlinear compensation. The MAX40109 provides integrated temperature measurement directly from the resistive bridge, eliminating the need for an external thermistor, which cab reduce overall solution size by more than 70%.

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Meridian Innovation Limited

Product：SenXor™ 80x62 pixel resolution thermal imaging module

Recommended reasons： Visual Face Identification (FID) is commonly used to grant only pre-authorized personal access to valuable assets - from entry systems to mobile phone and banking. However, spoofing approaches employing visual imposters - pictures, or video replay, have been evolving and able to compromise even dual camera approaches based on structured light. Meridian proposes an innovative way to augment the individual face-ID signature by a 4-dimensional RGBT representation, by the fusion of visual and spectrum images with the corresponding thermal counterpart. Previously similar ideas has been investigated only in academic context with expensive research grade cameras. For the first time we are able to demonstrate low-cost personal device that incorporates dual-mode (RGB and Thermal) camera with edge-AI algorithm for real time face ID and anti-spoofing, able to withstand impostor attack from 3D-realistic face mask.

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onsemi

Product：Hyperlux LP Image Sensors

Recommended reasons： Key features, specifications, target applications Hyperlux LP are 1.4 µm pixel sensors that deliver industry-leading image quality and low power consumption while maximizing performance to capture crisp, vibrant images even in difficult lighting conditions, addressing a wide variety of applications targeting access, biometrics, surveillance and security, industrial automation, public & civic safety and videoconferencing functions. The product family also features a stacked architecture design that minimizes its footprint and at its smallest approaches the size of a grain of rice, making it ideal for devices where size is critical. Depending on the use case, customers can choose between the 5-megapixel AR0544, the 8-megapixel AR0830 or the 20-megapixel AR2020. Competitive advantages Hyperlux LP sensors are differentiated by power consumption and architecture. The product family is specifically architected and designed for low power consumption. To further silicon architecture, these sensors also have purpose-oriented functions like Wake On Motion (WOM) and SmartROI that are extremely handy in various industrial and commercial applications. These functions enable operation of the Hyperlux LP sensors to tradeoff between bandwidth and power, and vision systems using these sensors can operate in significantly low power modes. Traditional sensors lack these features, require expensive power electronic components and (electronic) real estate and deliver, sub-optimal image quality.

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onsemi

Product：CEM102 analog front-end

Recommended reasons： Key features, specifications, target applications CEM102, a state-of-the-art miniaturized analog front-end (AFE), enables electrochemical sensing with highest accuracy at very low currents. With its small form factor and the industry’s lowest power consumption, it is ideal for applications that rely on battery-operated electrochemical sensors, allowing engineers to create versatile and compact solutions for industrial, environmental and healthcare applications such as air and gas detection, food processing and agricultural monitoring as well as medical wearables such as continuous glucose monitors. Competitive advantages The CEM102 is designed to be used together with the RSL15 Bluetooth^® 5.2 enabled microcontroller, which provides the industry’s lowest power Bluetooth Low Energy technology. As a complete electronics solution, it allows biosensors and environmental sensors to accurately measure chemical current while operating with very low system power consumption and wide supply voltage range. The seamless integration of the two components, along with their compact size and industry-leading power efficiency, play a crucial role in making devices smaller and ensuring their long-lasting functionality – a vital factor for battery-powered solutions. The solution offers greater accuracy, noise reduction and low power consumption compared to other offerings. It also allows for a simplified bill of materials (BoM), easy calibration and reduces manufacturing complexity. With a broad 1.3 to 3.6 V supply voltage range, the system can operate from a 1.5 V silver oxide battery or a 3 V coin cell. Its operation consumes just 50 nA in disabled mode, 2 uA in sensor biased mode, and 3.5 uA in active measurement mode with the 18-bit ADC continuously converting. This translates to a market leading 14 days of operation with only a 3 mAh battery or several years with larger size batteries.

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Prophesee

Product：The GenX320 event-based Metavision^® Sensor

Recommended reasons： The GenX320 event-based Metavision^® sensor is the world's smallest and most power-efficient event-based sensor on the market, enabling a new level of intelligence, autonomy and safety for integrated vision devices. It is the first vision sensor optimized to enable the breakthrough neuromorphic event-based vision paradigm on low-power edge vision systems. It directly addresses the power (microwatt), latency (microsecond time resolution) and dynamic range (>120dB) requirements of edge devices which are often battery-powered, must operate autonomously in challenging lighting conditions, and process and analyze data locally. Operating at the microwatts to milliwatts power range and capable of microsecond time resolution, the GenX320 improves the integrability and usability of event-based vision in embedded at-the-edge vision systems. Prophesee has successfully commercialized the neuromorphic vision approach over multiple sensor generations, including an HD-resolution sensor co-developed with CIS market leader Sony, and has now introduced the present fifth-generation sensor family. The new sensor has been reduced in array size, and optimized for ultra-low power operation, featuring a hierarchy of low-power modes and application-specific modes of operation. On-chip power management and an embedded microcontroller core further improve sensor flexibility and useability at-the-edge. An on-chip Event Signal Processing (ESP) pipeline includes timestamping, filtering, throughput regulation and data formatting functions. An Event Rate Controller (ERC) allows to cap the output rate to a programmable limit rate, a Spatio-Temporal Contrast filter (STC) detects and removes redundant bursts and trails of events triggered by high contrast visual features, and an Anti-Flicker (AFK) filter detects and filters events generated by flickering lights. For the design of the GenX320 neuromorphic sensor, the explicit goal was to improve integrability and usability in embedded at-the-edge vision systems, which in addition to size and power improvements, means to address the challenge of event-based vision's unconventional data format, non-constant data rates and non-standard interfaces to make it more usable for a wider range of applications. We have done that with multiple integrated event data pre-processing, filtering, and formatting functions to minimize external processing overhead. In addition, industry-standard MIPI and CPI data output interfaces offer low-latency connectivity to embedded processing platforms, including low-power microcontrollers and modern neuromorphic processor architectures. The GenX320 sensor has also been further optimized for low-power operation, featuring a hierarchy of power modes and application-specific modes of operation. On-chip power management further improves sensor flexibility and integrability. To meet aggressive size and cost requirements, the chip is fabricated using a CMOS stacked process with pixel-level Cu-Cu bonding interconnects, achieving a 6.3µm pixel pitch.

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Texas Instruments

Product：AWR2544 77GHz millimeter-wave radar sensor chip

Recommended reasons： The AWR2544 single-chip radar sensor is also the industry's first with launch-on-package (LOP) technology. LOP technology helps reduce the size of the sensor by as much as 30% by mounting a 3D waveguide antenna on the opposite side of the printed circuit board. Designers can further streamline development by using the same 3D waveguide antenna across multiple generations and devices. LOP technology also enables sensor ranges to extend beyond 200m with a single chip. In satellite architectures, these features enable automakers to increase ADAS intelligence for higher vehicle autonomy levels to make smarter decisions from farther away.

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