Fujitsu Introduces World's Smallest, Lightest
CMOS Micro-Camera Module for Mobile Phones

Tokyo, October 4, 2001--- Targeting the next generation of mobile phones for the broadband Internet era, Fujitsu Limited today introduced the world's smallest (7.80 mm x 6.98 mm x 4.98 mm; 0.27 cc, 0.3 gram) CIF^*1-compatible CMOS color image sensor module (110,000 pixels) with built-in lens.

The advent of new broadband mobile communications services including video images is creating demand for ultra-compact mobile camera attachments that can capture moving images. As a result, demand for CMOS image sensors, which are much smaller than CCD^*2 cameras and consume far less power, is expected to grow.

The small size of Fujitsu's new CMOS color image sensor module, the MB86S02, allows it to be mounted on thin profile and popular fold-up mobile phone models, and permits a design in which the camera position can be freely rotated, thereby greatly increasing the flexibility accorded mobile phone designers. Fujitsu was able to achieve the world's smallest and lightest micro-camera module by replacing the previous two-chip (image sensor IC and color processor IC) structure with a single chip solution featuring a built-in lens and utilizing its proprietary bump chip carrier (BCC^*3) assembly technology.

In addition, use of a power-efficient AD converter results in record low power consumption (30 mW when operating at 15 frames/second) for CIF-compatible CMOS sensors. Moreover, Fujitsu's proprietary process technology employs small, highly sensitive light-receiving pixels, so that the light receiving elements are miniaturized (optical system: 1/7"), have higher sensitivity (twice the sensitivity of previous models), and reduce noise to one-half that of previous models.

Fujitsu intends to further develop and quickly bring to market new CMOS color sensor module products for notebook PCs, PDAs and mobile phones with enhanced features and functions geared toward the broadband Internet era.

MB86S02 Product Highlights

Optical system size	1/7 inch
Total number of pixels	373 (H) x 301 (V)
Effective number of pixels	357 (H) x 293 (V)
Pixel size	5.5 square microns
Color filter	RGB primary color
Voltage	2.6V to 3.0V (Typ. 2.8 V)
Power consumption	30 milliwatts (operation at 15 frames/second)
Clock input frequency	9 MHz
Serial interface	I2C method*4
Type of output	YUV= 4: 2: 2 (digital)
Additional functions	Auto gain control*5 Auto white balance*6 Auto flicker cancel*7 Scanning direction variation*8 Gamma correction*9
Camera module	Size: 7.80 mm x 6.98 mm x 4.98 mm F value: 2.8 Angle of view: 55 degrees (horizontal) Structure of lens: Plastic single lens
Shipment	From mid-October 2001
Sample Price	5,000 yen (not including tax) for camera module
Sales target	500,000 units per month

Terminology

*1 CIF (common intermediate format)

The image output format used for such products as videophones

*2 CCD (charge coupled device)

An electric charge-coupling element that converts light into electrical signals

*3 BCC (bump chip carrier)

A type of surface-mounted package

*4 I2C (Inter-IC)

A data transmission standard developed by Philips Corporation

*5 Auto gain control function

The function that automatically controls image brightness

*6 Auto white balance function

The function that automatically controls image colors

*7 Auto flicker cancel function

The function that automatically detects and eliminates noise (flickering) in an image

*8 Scanning direction variation function

A function that reverses the image vertically or horizontally; can be used to right the image when the camera is upside down.

*9 Gamma correction function

The function that corrects output signals to the display input characteristic so that the image is linear in intensity.

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