Sony ICX098AL Datasheet

Diagonal 4.5mm (Type 1/4) Progressive Scan CCD Image Sensor with Square Pixel for B/W Cameras

Description

The ICX098AL is a diagonal 4.5mm (Type 1/4)
interline CCD solid-state image sensor with a square
pixel array which supports VGA format. Progressive
scan allows all pixels signals to be output
independently within approximately 1/30 second.
Also, the adoption of monitoring mode supports 60
frame/s. This chip features an electronic shutter with
variable charge-storage time which makes it possible
to realize full-frame still image without a mechanical
shutter. Further, high sensitivity and low dark current
are achieved through the adoption of HAD (Hole­Accumulation Diode) sensors.

This chip is suitable for applications such as second­dimensional bar-code reader, PC input cameras, etc.

Features

• Progressive scan allows individual readout of the

image signals from all pixels.

• High horizontal and vertical resolution (both approx.

480TV-lines) still image without a mechanical shutter.

• Supports monitoring mode

• Square pixel

• Supports VGA format

• Horizontal drive frequency: 12.27MHz

• No voltage adjustments (reset gate and substrate

bias are not adjusted.)

• High resolution, high sensitivity, low dark current

• Continuous variable-speed shutter

• Low smear

• Excellent antiblooming characteristics

• Horizontal register: 3.3V drive

• 14-pin high precision plastic package (enables dual-surface standard)

Device Structure

• Interline CCD image sensor

• Image size: Diagonal 4.5mm (Type 1/4)

• Number of effective pixels: 659 (H) × 494 (V) approx. 330K pixels

• Total number of pixels: 692 (H) × 504 (V) approx. 350K pixels

• Chip size: 4.60mm (H) × 3.97mm (V)

• Unit cell size: 5.6µm (H) × 5.6µm (V)

• Optical black: Horizontal (H) direction: Front 2 pixels, rear 31 pixels

Vertical (V) direction: Front 8 pixels, rear 2 pixels

• Number of dummy bits: Horizontal 16

Vertical 5

• Substrate material: Silicon

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ICX098AL

14 pin DIP (Plastic)

A

A

A

Pin 1

V

2

31

2

8

Pin 8

H

Optical black position

(Top View)

AAA
AAA
AAA

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VDD, VOUT, φRG – φSUB
Vφ2A, Vφ2B – φSUB
Vφ1, Vφ3, VL – φSUB
Hφ1, Hφ2, GND – φSUB
CSUB – φSUB
VDD, VOUT, φRG, CSUB – GND
Vφ1, Vφ2A, Vφ2B, Vφ3 – GND
Hφ1, Hφ2 – GND
Vφ2A, Vφ2B – VL
Vφ1, Vφ3, Hφ1, Hφ2, GND – VL
Voltage difference between vertical clock input pins
Hφ1 – Hφ2
Hφ1, Hφ2 – Vφ3

Pin No. Symbol Description Pin No. Symbol Description

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Vφ1
Vφ3
Vφ2A
Vφ2B
VL
GND
VOUT

Vertical register transfer clock
Vertical register transfer clock
Vertical register transfer clock
Vertical register transfer clock
Protective transistor bias
GND
Signal output

8

9
10
11
12
13
14

VDD
GND
φSUB
CSUB
φRG
Hφ1
Hφ2

Supply voltage
GND
Substrate clock
Substrate bias

∗1

Reset gate clock
Horizontal register transfer clock
Horizontal register transfer clock

Pin Description

Vertical register

Horizontal register

V

OUT

GND

V

L

Vφ

2B

Vφ

2A

Vφ

3

Vφ

1

V

DD

GND

φSUB

C

SUB

φRG

Hφ

1

Hφ

2

Note)

Note)

: Photo sensor

9

10

11

12

13

14

8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Block Diagram and Pin Configuration

(Top View)

∗1

DC bias is generated within the CCD, so that this pin should be grounded externally through a capacitance

of 0.1µF.

Against φSUB

Against GND

Against VL

Between input
clock pins

Storage temperature
Operating temperature

Absolute Maximum Ratings

–40 to +10

–50 to +15
–50 to +0.3
–40 to +0.3

–25 to

–0.3 to +18

–10 to +18

–10 to +5
–0.3 to +28
–0.3 to +15

to +15

–5 to +5
–13 to +13
–30 to +80
–10 to +60

V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V

V
°C
°C

Item Ratings Unit

Remarks

∗2

+24V (Max.) when clock width < 10µs, clock duty factor < 0.1%.

∗2

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Clock Voltage Conditions

Item

Readout clock voltage

VVT
VVH02A
VVH1, VVH2A,

VVH2B, VVH3
VVL1, VVL2A,

VVL2B, VVL3
Vφ1, Vφ2A,

Vφ2B, Vφ3
| VVL1– VVL3 |
VVHH
VVHL
VVLH
VVLL
VφH
VHL
VφRG
V

RGLH –

V

RGLL

VRGL– V

RGLm

VφSUB

14.55
–0.05

–0.2

–5.8

5.2

3.0

–0.05

3.0

19.75

15.0
0

0

–5.5

5.5

3.3
0

3.3

20.5

15.45

0.05

0.05

–5.2

5.8

0.1

0.3

1.0

0.5

0.5

5.25

0.05

5.5

0.4

0.5

21.25

V
V

V

V

V
V

V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V

1
2

2

2

2
2

2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
5

VVH = VVH02A

VVL = (VVL1 + VVL3)/2

High-level coupling
High-level coupling
Low-level coupling
Low-level coupling

Low-level coupling
Low-level coupling

Horizontal transfer
clock voltage

Reset gate clock
voltage

Substrate clock voltage

Vertical transfer clock
voltage

Symbol Min. Typ. Max. Unit

Waveform
diagram

Remarks

Bias Conditions

Item
Supply voltage
Protective transistor bias
Substrate clock
Reset gate clock

VDD
VL

φSUB
φRG

14.55

15.0

∗1
∗2
∗2

15.45 V

Symbol Min. Typ. Max. Unit Remarks

DC Characteristics

Item

Supply current

IDD 6.0 mA

Symbol Min. Typ. Max. Unit

Remarks

∗1

VL setting is the VVL voltage of the vertical transfer clock waveform, or the same power supply as the VL
power supply for the V driver should be used.

∗2

Do not apply a DC bias to the substrate clock and reset gate clock pins, because a DC bias is generated
within the CCD.

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Clock Equivalent Circuit Constant

Item

Capacitance between vertical transfer
clock and GND

CφV1
CφV2A, CφV2B
CφV3
CφV12A, CφV2B1
CφV2A3, CφV32B
CφV13

CφH1, CφH2

CφHH

CφRG

CφSUB
R1

R2A, R2B
R3
RGND
RφH
RH2
RφRG

1200

470

2200

470
390

10
22

68

3

220

20
43
36
43
12
30
62

pF
pF
pF
pF
pF
pF

pF

pF

pF

pF

Ω
Ω
Ω
Ω
Ω

kΩ

Ω

Capacitance between vertical transfer
clocks

Capacitance between horizontal
transfer clock and GND

Capacitance between horizontal transfer
clocks

Capacitance between reset gate clock
and GND

Capacitance between substrate clock and
GND

Vertical transfer clock series resistor

Vertical transfer clock ground resistor
Horizontal transfer clock series resistor
Horizontal transfer clock ground resistor
Reset gate clock series resistor

Symbol Min. Typ. Max. Unit Remarks

RφH RφH

Hφ2Hφ1

CφH1 CφH2

CφHH

Vφ1

CφV12A

Vφ2A

Vφ2B Vφ3

CφV32B

CφV2A3CφV2B1

CφV13

CφV1 CφV2A

CφV2B CφV3

RGND

R2B

R1

R3

R2A

Vertical transfer clock equivalent circuit Horizontal transfer clock equivalent circuit

RH2

RφRG

RGφ

Cφ

RG

Reset gate clock equivalent circuit

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Drive Clock Waveform Conditions

(1) Readout clock waveform

(2) Vertical transfer clock waveform

II II

100%

90%

10%

0%

VVT

tr twh tf

φM

0V

φM

2

Vφ1

Vφ3

Vφ2A, Vφ2B

VVH1

VVHH VVH

VVHL

VVLH

VVL1

VVL01

VVL

VVLL

VVH3

VVHH VVH

VVHL

VVLH

VVL03

VVL

VVLL

VφV1 = VVH1 – VVL01
VφV2A = VVH02A – VVL2A
VφV2B = VVH02B – VVL2B
VφV3 = VVH3 – VVL03

VVH = VVH02A
VVL = (VVL01 + VVL03) /2
VVL3 = VVL03

VVLH

VVL2A, VVL2B

VVLL

VVL

VVH

VVHH

VVH02A, VVH02B

VVH2A, VVH2B

VVHL

VT

Note) Readout clock is used by composing vertical transfer clocks Vφ2A and Vφ2B.

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twh tftr

90%

10%

V

HL

twl

Hφ1

two

Hφ2

VRGL

VRGLL

VRGLH

twl

V

RGH

RG waveform

VRGLm

tr twh tf

V

CR

Point A

(3) Horizontal transfer clock waveform

Cross-point voltage for the Hφ1 rising side of the horizontal transfer clocks Hφ1 and Hφ2 waveforms is VCR.
The overlap period for twh and twl of horizontal transfer clocks Hφ1 and Hφ2 is two.

(4) Reset gate clock waveform

VφH

VφRG

VφH

2

VRGLH is the maximum value and VRGLL is the minimum value of the coupling waveform during the period from
Point A in the above diagram until the rising edge of RG. In addition, VRGL is the average value of VRGLH and
VRGLL.

VRGL = (VRGLH + VRGLL)/2

Assuming VRGH is the minimum value during the interval twh, then:

VφRG = VRGH – VRGL

Negative overshoot level during the falling edge of RG is VRGLm.

(5) Substrate clock waveform

90%

100%

10%

0%

V

SUB

tr twh tf

φM

φM

2

VφSUB

(A bias generated within the CCD)

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Readout clock
Vertical transfer

clock

During
imaging

During
parallel-serial

conversion

Reset gate clock

Substrate clock

VT
Vφ1,Vφ2A,

Vφ2B, Vφ3
Hφ1
Hφ2
Hφ1
Hφ2

φRG

φSUB

2.3

25.5
28

11

1.5

2.5

30.5
33

12

1.8

28

25.53330.5

63.5

0.5

9
9

0.01

0.01
3

16.5
14

0.5

15

0.5

9
9

0.01

0.01
3

350

16.5
14

0.5

µs

ns

ns

µs

ns

µs

During
readout

∗1

∗2

During
drain
charge

Horizontal

transfer clock

Item Symbol

twh twl tr tf

Min. Typ. Max. Min. Typ. Max. Min. Typ. Max. Min. Typ. Max.

Unit Remarks

Horizontal transfer clock Hφ1, Hφ2

21.5 25.5

ns

Item

Symbol

two

Min. Typ.

Max.

Unit

Remarks

∗1

When vertical transfer clock driver CXD1267AN is used.

∗2

tf ≥ tr – 2ns, and the cross-point voltage (VCR) for the Hφ1 rising side of the Hφ1 and Hφ2 waveforms must be

at least VφH/2 [V].

Clock Switching Characteristics

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1

400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

Wave Length [nm]

Relative Response

Spectral Sensitivity Characteristics (excludes lens characteristics and light source characteristics)