NSI1000 3D CMOS Image Sensor
Newsight Imaging Ltd. Confidential 1
NSI1000
Customer Specification
Version 1.09
26-August-2020
Newsight Imaging Ltd. Confidential
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NSI1000 3D CMOS Image Sensor
Newsight Imaging Ltd. Confidential 2
Table of contents
LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................... 3
LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................................... 3
1 OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................. 5
1.2 PACKAGE AND PIN DIAGRAM ..................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 8
1.4 NSI1000 PINOUT ...................................................................................................................................... 9
2 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 12
2.1 BLOCK DIAGRAM .................................................................................................................................... 12
2.2 DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION .................................................................................................................. 13
3 FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS ................................................................................................ ............... 15
3.1 PIXEL ARRAY .......................................................................................................................................... 15
3.1.1 Array ............................................................................................................................................. 15
3.1.2 New Triangulation ........................................................................................................................ 16
3.1.3 Classic Triangulation ................................................................................................................... 16
3.1.4 In Pixel Accumulation ................................................................................................................... 18
3.2 FRAME TIMING CONTROL ....................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................ ....... 19
3.2.2 The Exposure Phase...................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.3 The Transition Phase ................................................................................................ .................... 19
3.2.4 The Conversion Phase .................................................................................................................. 20
3.2.5 The Data Out Phase ...................................................................................................................... 20
3.2.6 Single Buffer Mode ....................................................................................................................... 20
3.2.7 Double Buffer Mode...................................................................................................................... 20
3.3 INTERFACES ............................................................................................................................................ 21
3.3.1 Serial Interface ............................................................................................................................. 27
3.3.2 Enhanced I
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C interface ................................................................................................................. 29
3.3.3 Parallel Output Interface .............................................................................................................. 32
4 PROGRAMING MODEL .............................................................................................................. 34
4.1 PROGRAMMING AND CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................... 34