CMOS IMX925, Sony’s new image sensor with 394 frames per second processing

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (SSS) has announced the launch of the IMX925 CMOS image sensor, which offers high-speed processing of 394 frames per second (fps) and is optimized for industrial imaging equipment.

This new sensor expands the range of high-precision products to help make image recognition tasks faster and more precise, improving productivity in industrial equipment, an area in which “there is an increasing demand for this type of performance”.

Coming in three different sizes and frame rates, IMX925 CMOS is equipped with Pregius S global shutter technology, with a compact design that powers high-quality image performance.

The backlit pixels of Pregius S and the stacked structure allow greater sensitivity and saturation capacity in very small pixels, 2.74 um, as stated in a statement published on its website.

The IMX925 sensor is compact enough to be compatible with C-mount, the most common standard in machine vision cameras. In addition, it has a total of 24.55 effective MP and offers a higher frame rate than previous models, because it registers a high speed of the process signal.

Thanks to these features, image capture per unit of time can be increased and the measurement process is reduced, which helps save energy. For this reason, it is expected that the product can be used in advanced inspection processes, such as three-dimensional ones, which use multiple image data.

Sony has said that the new sensor models also use a new circuit structure that optimizes pixel readout and A/D sensor drive. Thus, the reduction in data output time allows images to be obtained at high speed, that is, at a frequency of 394 fps. This means that it is about four times faster than conventional products and is also twice as efficient as them.

Sony’s semiconductor division has highlighted that both the IMX925 and IMX935 type 1.2 CMOS image sensors with 24.55 effective MP and the IMX925 and IMX936 type 1/1.1 stacked CMOS sensor with 12.41 effective MP will arrive in May next anus.