TC 281
TC 281
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High-Resolution, Solid-State
Frame-Transfer Image Sensor
11.3-mm Image Area Diagonal
1000 (H) x 1000 (V) Active Elements
Up to 30 Frames per Second
8-m Square Pixels
Low Dark Current
Advanced Lateral Overflow Drain for
Antiblooming
Single-Pulse Image Area Clear Capability
Dynamic Range of More Than 60 dB
High Sensitivity and Quantum Efficiency
Nondestructive Charge Detection Through
Texas Instruments Advanced BCD Node
Technology
High Near-Infrared (IR) and Blue Response
Solid-State Reliability With No Image
Burn-In, Residual Imaging, Image
Distortion, Image Lag, or Microphonics
DUAL-IN-LINE PACKAGE
(TOP VIEW)
SUB 1
22 SUB
ODB 2
21 TDB
IAG 3
SUB 4
SAG 5
SAG 6
SUB 7
OUT 8
ADB 9
CDB 10
VGATE 11
20 IAG
19 SUB
18 SUB
17 SUB
16 NC
15 SRG
14 TRG
13 VSOURCE
12 RST
description
The TC281 is a frame-transfer charge-coupled-device (CCD) image sensor that provides high-resolution image
acquisition capability for image-processing applications such as robotic vision, medical X-ray analysis, and
metrology. The image-sensing area measures 8 mm horizontally and 8 mm vertically; the image-area diagonal
measures 11,3 mm and the sensor has 8-m square pixels. The image area contains 1000 active lines with 1000
active pixels per line. The dark reference signal can be obtained from ten dark reference lines located between
the image area and the storage area, 28 dark reference pixels located at the left edge of each horizontal line,
and 8 dark reference pixels located at the right edge of each horizontal line.
The storage section of the TC281 device contains 1010 lines with 1036 pixels per line. The area is protected
from exposure to light by a metal layer. Photoelectric charge that is generated in the image area of the sensor
can be transferred into the storage section in less than 110 s. After the image capture is completed (integration
time) and the image is transferred into the storage, the image readout is accomplished by transferring charge,
one line at a time, into the serial register located below the storage area. The serial register contains 1036 active
pixels and 9 dummy pixels. The maximum serial-register data rate is 40 megapixels per second. If the storage
area must be cleared of all charge, charge can be transferred quickly across the serial registers into the clearing
drain located below the register.
A high performance bulk charge detection (BCD) node converts charge from each pixel into an output voltage.
A low-noise, two-stage, source-follower amplifier further buffers the signal before it is sent to the output pin. A
readout rate of 30 frames per second is easily achievable with this device.
This MOS device contains limited built-in gate protection. During storage or handling, the device leads should be shorted together
or the device should be placed in conductive foam. In a circuit, unused inputs should always be connected to VSS. Under no
circumstances should pin voltages exceed absolute maximum ratings. Avoid shorting OUT to VSS during operation to prevent
damage to the amplifier. The device can also be damaged if the output terminals are reverse-biased and an excessive current is
allowed to flow. Specific guidelines for handling devices of this type are contained in the publication Guidelines for Handling
Electrostatic-Discharge-Sensitive (ESDS) Devices and Assemblies available from Texas Instruments.
Please be aware that an important notice concerning availability, standard warranty, and use in critical applications of
Texas Instruments semiconductor products and disclaimers thereto appears at the end of this data sheet.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Copyright 2003, Texas Instruments Incorporated
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description (continued)
The blooming protection of the sensor is based on an advanced lateral overflow drain (ALOD). The antiblooming
function is activated when a suitable dc bias is applied to the overflow drain pin. With this type of blooming
protection it is also possible to clear the image area of charge completely. This is accomplished by providing
a single 10-V pulse of at least 1 s duration to the overflow drain pin.
The TC281 image sensor uses TI-proprietary advanced virtual-phase (AVP) technology, the advanced lateral
overflow drain, and the BCD detection node. These features provide the TI image sensing devices with a high
blue response, high near-IR sensitivity, low dark current, high photoresponse uniformity, and single-phase
clocking. The TC281 is characterized for operation from -10_C to 45_C.
ODB
21
2
20
Image Area
IAG
TDB
IAG
6
SAG
SAG
Storage Area
VSOURCE
ADB
13
Amplifier
9
15
8
OUT
RST
Vgate
Serial Register
and Transfer Gate
12
11
Clearing Drain
10
CDB
14
SRG
TRG
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1000 Pixels
1000 Lines
28 Pixels
8 Pixels
10 Lines
1 Pixel
1 Pixel
1010 Lines
1036
Dummy Pixels
1 Dummy Pixel
Terminal Functions
TERMINAL
NAME
ADB
NO.
I/O
DESCRIPTION
CDB
10
IAG
3, 20
NC
16
No internal connection
ODB
OUT
Output signal
RST
12
Reset gate
SAG
5, 6
SRG
15
SUB
1, 4, 7, 17,
18, 19, 22
TDB
21
NC
TRG
14
Transfer gate
VGATE
11
VSOURCE
13
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Parallel Transfer
1010 Clocks
IAG
SAG
TRG
SRG
1046 Clocks
RST
1046 Clocks
1010 Cycles
Readout Frame 1
Readout Frame 2
ODB
IAG
SAG
TRG
SRG
RST
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1010 Cycles
Transfers One Line
From SA to SR
IAG
~1s
SAG
TRG
SRG
RST
Figure 3. Expanded Storage Area-to-Serial Register Transfer and Pixel Readout Timing
Storage Area Clear
9525 Clocks
ODB
IAG
SAG
TRG
SRG
RST
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Transfer The
First Line From
SA to AR
Transfer The
Second Line
Adding to The First
IAG
~1s
Each Additional Pulse
Bins One Additional Line
SAG
TRG
SRG
RST
detailed description
The TC281 image sensor consists of five basic functional blocks:
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Image-sensing area
ALOD
Storage area
Serial register
BCD node with the buffer output amplifier
image-sensing area
The image-sensing area contains 1036 x 1010 pixel elements. A metal light shield covers 28 pixels on the left
edge of the sensing area, 8 pixels on the right edge, and 10 rows at the bottom of the sensing area. The dark
pixel signal is used as a black reference during the video signal processing. The dark references accumulate
the dark current at the same rate as the active photosites, thus representing the true black level signal. As light
enters the active photosites in the image area, electron hole pairs are generated and the electrons are collected
in the potential wells of the pixels. The wells have a finite charge storage capacity determined by the pixel design.
When the generated number of electrons in the illuminated pixels exceeds this limit, the electrons can spill over
into neighboring pixels and cause blooming. To prevent this, each horizontal pair of pixels in the image sensing
area shares a lateral overflow drain structure which provides up to a 1000-to-1 protection against such
undesirable phenomena.
advanced lateral overflow drain
The advanced lateral overflow drain structure is shared by two neighboring pixels and provides several unique
features in the sensor. By varying the dc bias of the drain pin, the blooming protection level can be controlled
and traded for the well capacity.
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Black
White
The CCD sensors are characterized in both an illuminated condition and a dark condition. In the dark condition,
the nonuniformity is specified in terms of absolute amplitude, as shown in Figure 6. In the illuminated condition,
the nonuniformity is specified as a percentage of the total amplitude, as shown in Figure 7.
PIXEL NONUNIFORMITY
PART NUMBER
COLUMN NONUNIFORMITY
DARK CONDITION
ILLUMINATED CONDITION
% OF TOTAL ILLUMINATION
COLUMN AMPLITUDE
x (mV)
< 24
< 30%
< 0.6 mV
TC281-30
mV
Amplitude
% of Total
Illumination
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absolute maximum ratings over operating free-air temperature (unless otherwise noted)
Supply voltage range, ADB, CDB, TDB, Vgate, Vsource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUB to SUB + 15 V
Supply voltage range, ODB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUB to SUB + 21 V
Clock voltage range: IAG, SAG, SRG, TRG (see Note 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 V to 15 V
Clock input voltage range: RST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 V to +10 V
Operating free-air temperature range, TA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10C to 45C
Storage temperature range, Tstg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30C to 85C
Package temperature for ensured operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10C to 55C
Stresses beyond those listed under absolute maximum ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only, and
functional operation of the device at these or any other conditions beyond those indicated under recommended operating conditions is not
implied. Exposure to absolute-maximum-rated conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.
NOTE 1: Substrate at ground
MIN
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MAX
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Vsource
Vclear
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15.5
Antiblooming control
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Vabc
5.5
Parallel transfer
Vxfer
4.5
3.5
ADB
0
Image area gate,
gate IAG
Storage area gate,
gate SAG
Clock voltage
gate SRG
Serial register gate,
Transfer gate,
gate TRG
Reset gate,
gate RST
1.5
2.5
Low
10.5
10
9.5
High
1.5
2.5
Low
10.5
10
9.5
High
1.5
2.5
Low
10.5
10
9.5
High
1.5
2.5
Low
10.5
10
9.5
High
Low
0.5
10
SRG RST
40
TRG
V
mA
V
High
IAG, SAG
Clock frequency, fclock
12
Vgate
UNIT
MHz
10
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electrical characteristics over recommended ranges of supply voltage and operating free-air
temperature
PARAMETER
MIN
TYP
MAX
62
Charge-conversion factor
dB
V/e
10
0.99990
0.99995
Output resistance
ns
310
Noise-equivalent signal
12
Capacitance
UNIT
400
25
electrons
IDD
3.5
IAG
14500
SAG
14500
SRG
52
TRG
50
mA
pF
RST
5.5
All typical values are used at TA = 25C.
NOTES: 2. Dynamic range is 20 times the logarithm of the mean-noise signal divided by the saturation-output signal.
3. Charge-transfer efficiency is one minus the charge loss per transfer in the output register. The test is performed in the dark using
an electrical input signal.
4. Signal-response delay time is the time between the falling edge of the SRG pulse and the output-signal valid state.
5. VADC at 12 V and VSUBSTRATE at ground.
optical characteristics
PARAMETER
Sensitivity (see Note 6)
MIN
No IR filter
MAX
240
With IR filter
Antiblooming disabled
320
Antiblooming disabled
120
300
mV
mV
1000
32K
UNIT
mV/lux
30
Dark current
TYP
electrons
0.06%
TA = 21C
nA/cm2
0.3
Electronic-shutter capability
1/1000
NOTES: 6.
7.
8.
9.
1/30
Saturation
sec
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
RESPONSIVITY
vs
WAVELENGTH
.30
.25
Responsitivity A/W
Responsitivity
.20
.15
.10
.05
0
300
500
700
900
1100
Wavelength nm
Sensitivity Vcm^2/ j
10
Sensitivity
8
0
300
500
700
900
1100
Wavelength nm
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
QUANTUM EFFICIENCY
vs
WAVELENGTH
250
100%
80%
Quantium Efficency mV
200
8.3 msec
Tint
60%
150
40%
100
20%
50
Data
0
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1100
Wavelength nm
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
VDD
U2
AB
VDD
R1
100 k
AB_IN
ODB
CLR
CLR_IN
U1
U3
IAG
IAG_IN
IAG
SAG
SAG_IN
SAG
4
5
6
7
8
Discrete Driver
9
10
11
SUB
ODB
SUB
TDB
IAG
SUB
SAG
IAG
SUB
SUB
SAG
SUB
OUT
SUB
NC
SRG
ADB
CDB
TRG
VSOURCE
RST
VGATE
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
U4
SRG
SRG_IN
SRG
TRG
TRG_IN
TRG
RST
RST_IN
RST
2
R2
100
1
Q1
NPN
R3
1 k
3
C1
VOLTAGE
VDD
VCC
12 V
VAA
VRST
10 V
2V
58 V
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
VDD
VDD
R4
3.83 k
U5
1
2
CLR
3
4
8
+V
+V
IN
P-OUT
NC
N-OUT
R6
C2
0.22 F
C3
0.22 F
R7
R5
1 k
200
K
R8
3.24 k
VDD
U6
1
2
AB
3
4
8
+V
+V
IN
P-OUT
NC
N-OUT
R9
10
C4
ODB
0.022 F
C5
0.22 F
NOTES: A. MOSFET driver with a 4-A peak current and a 2- output resistance (see Figure 14).
B. Image area clear (CLR) is active high while the parallel transfer (AB) is active low. These two pulses generate the timing for
ODB, as shown in Figure 1.
C. Decoupling capacitors are not shown.
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
VCC
R10
10 k
VCC
R11
392
C6
0.22 F
TRG_IN
D1
R12
5.1
R13
2 k
R14
18
Q3
NFET
2
C7
0.22 F
R15
10 k
R13
2 k
SRG
1
3 Q2
PFET
1
D1
R12
5.1
D2
R11
392
C6
0.22 F
3 Q2
PFET
SRG_IN
R10
10 k
TRG
D2
1
R14
18
Q3
NFET
2
C7
0.22 F
R16
200
R15
10 k
VAA
R16
200
VAA
R11
392
C6
0.22 F
2
RST_IN
3 Q2
PFET
1
D1
R12
200
R13
2 k
RST
D2
1
R14
200
Q3
NFET
2
C7
0.22 F
R15
10 k
R16
200
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APPLICATION INFORMATION
IAG_IN
R17
806
VCC
3
1
Q4
PNP
U7
1
2
3
R18
1 k
8
+V
+V
IN
P-OUT
NC
N-OUT
IAG
6
5
VAA
SAG_IN
R19
806
VCC
3
1
Q5
PNP
U8
1
2
3
R20
1 k
8
+V
+V
IN
P-OUT
NC
N-OUT
6
5
VAA
NOTES: A. MOSFET driver with a 4-A peak current and a 2- output resistance (see Figure 13).
B. Decoupling capacitors are not shown.
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SAG
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MECHANICAL DATA
The package for the TC281 consists of a ceramic base, a glass window, and a 22-lead frame. The package leads
are configured in a dual in-line organization and fit into mounting holes with 2,54 mm (0.10 in) center-to-center
spacing. The glass window is sealed to the package by an epoxy adhesive. It can be cleaned by any standard
procedure for cleaning optical assemblies or by wiping the surface with a cotton swab moistened with alcohol.
Package
Center
3.22
2.62
1.12
0.92
Optical Center
0.67
28.22
27.66
25.13
24.87
2.10
1.70
0.508
1.00
0.90
0.08 0.08
Package
Center
17.90
17.40
16.60
16.40
Index Dot
Pin 1
0.30
0.20
18.03
17.53
9.51
9.21
0.76
0.16
5.10
3.50
0.56
0.46
2.67
2.41
11/00
NOTES: A.
B.
C.
D.
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