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CXD2437TQ
3. External trigger mode
External trigger mode starts exposure in sync with the external trigger input. No special pins are required to set
this mode. Note that during external trigger mode, normal readout mode results regardless of the RM status.
The IC prepares to shift to external trigger mode with the rising edge of the TRIG pin.∗1The timing to shift to
external trigger mode varies according to the mode setting. (See the table.) The BUSY pin maintains high
status during external trigger mode. Whether or not to discharge the vertical CCD charge is set by FSE just
after shifting to external trigger mode.
∗1
See the detection timing for VD, TRIG and ESG.
Mode settings during external trigger
SMD1
L
L
H
H
L
H
L
H
Trigger input is not accepted. Fix SMDE to high.
The IC is shifted to external trigger mode by HD, exposure is finished after the set time,
and XSG is output.
∗2
The IC is shifted to external trigger mode by VD and exposure is finished in sync with VD
after the set time.
∗2
Trigger input is not accepted. Fix SMDE to high
SMD2 Description of operation
∗2
The exposure time setting method is the same as the exposure time setting for the electronic shutter.
<FSE and discharge operation>
During external trigger mode, the previously exposed signal charge sometimes remains in the vertical CCD
when exposure finishes. In this case, the image shot with external trigger mode is output overlapped with the
previously shot image.
Setting FSE to high performs discharge operation for signal charges remaining in the vertical CCD after trigger
input. Discharge operation is not performed when FSE is low. This setting is only valid when using the highspeed shutter.
<Finishing the exposure period with ESG>
During external trigger mode, exposure can be finished in sync with the falling edge of ESG.∗3If SMDE is set
to low, the XSG pulse is output regardless of the electronic shutter setting, when the falling edge of ESG is
detected. ESG should be fixed to high status at all times other than during external trigger mode.
∗3
See the detection timing for VD, TRIG and ESG.
<Signal after external trigger mode>
After high-speed external trigger mode is finished, the exposure time differs from that performed by the
electronic shutter setting. This is because the start and finish of external trigger mode are not synchronized to
VD input.
4. Internal logic stop (standby mode)
When the STDBY pin is set to low, clock supply is stopped to a part of the internal logic. However, output from
the oscillation cell (OSCI and OSCO pins) as well as the CL and CKO pins does not stop. The status of each
output pin when STDBY is low is shown below.
High: XSUB, XSG
Low: RG, XH1, XH2, XV1, XV2, XV3, XSHP, XSHD, XRS, XCPOB, XCPDM, PBLK, ID, WEN, BUSY, CLD
Not stopped: OSCO, CL, CKO