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ICM202B CIF/QCIF CMOS sensor with digital YUV output
Data Sheet V2.0, February 2003
Functional Description
1.1 Image Array
The image array consists of 352x288 pixels. Each pixel has a light sensitive photo diode and a set of
control and transfer transistors. At the beginning of the cycle, a row of pixels are pre-charged to its
maximum value. Then they are exposed to light for several lines worth of time and sampled by the ADC.
Correlated double sampling (CDS) is performed by subtracting the reset value (sampled right before
sampling the signal) from the signal value. The purpose of CDS is to eliminate the point-wise fixed
pattern noise (FPN). The output of CDS is approximately proportional to the amount of received light,
ranging from 0 to 255.
1.2 Color Filter
Each pixel is covered by a color filter. They form the Bayer Pattern as shown in Figure 2. (Row 0, Column
0) is covered by a Red filter, (Row 0, Column 1) and (Row 1, Column 0) by Green filters, and (Row 1,
Column 1) by a Blue filter. Since each pixel only gets part of the frequency band, the data need further
processing (i.e., color interpolation and color correction) in order to approximate the full visible spectrum.
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Figure 2. Color filter Bayer pattern
1.3 Exposure and Gain Control
The brightness of the scene may change by a great amount that renders the captured image either
over-exposed or under-exposed. To accommodate for different brightness, the user may change the
exposure time by adjusting the AD_EXPOSE_TIMEH, and AD_EXPOSE_TIMEL. The exposure time is
measured in terms of the time to read out one line of data, which is equal to 83.3 µs (assuming the line
length is 500 @ 12 MHz). If the number of lines per frame is set at 400 (the default), the exposure time can
vary from 1 to 399 lines. In addition, users can adjust bit 7 to 5 of register AD_COL_BEGINH to digitally
boost the output value by 1 to 64 times @ 2^N for all the pixels. Furthermore, users can adjust registers
AD_M1_L, AD_M1_H, AD_M2_L, AD_M2_H, AD_M3_L, AD_M3_H, AD_M4_L, AD_M4_H, to
optimize the RGB gain (from 1/256 to 8) of the 4 Bayer pattern pixels separately.
50/60Hz anti-flickering control
To eliminate the flickering caused by the 50Hz or 60Hz light source normally found indoor, an
anti-flickering control circuit is build in. The selection is between off and on. When it is on, then the
selection is between 50 or 60Hz. Register address is to be defined.
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