Kazushige Ooi

A micro miniaturized CCD color camera utilizing a newly developed CCD packaging technique

A small camera using a CCD (charge coupled device) image sensor has been widely used in various fields. The authors have developed the worlds smallest and highest picture quality CCD color camera to enlarge the camera market. This camera is 7.0 mm in diameter, 47 mm in length, and only 4 g in weight. The driving force to realize the camera was to develop the smallest CCD package. The new CCD package, TOG:TAB (tape automated bonding) on glass, is almost as small as a CCD bare chip with a 1/4-inch size. Furthermore, the TOG package realizes a simple production process and high reliability. >

CCD micro-miniature color camera

A microminiature color camera system with an extremely small camera head utilizing a CCD (computer-controlled display) image sensor is described. The camera system consists of a camera head unit with a camera holder, a camera control unit, and an AC power supply unit. The camera head is connected to the camera control unit by a 4 mm diameter, 2 m long cable. The design used separates the camera head from the control unit, so that it can meet a variety of customer needs or special purposes. Since the output signal from the camera control unit is a standard NTSC signal, it can be easily connected to a standard TV monitor or to an independent video cassette recorder. The camera head (17.5 mm in diameter and 53 mm in length) incorporates a small, wide-angle 7.5 mm focus lens, a 200000 picture element CCD image sensor with color filter array and compact electronic circuits. The design, specifications and applications of the system are discussed.

Two-CCD Color Television Camera

A new solid-state color television camera has been developed using charge-coupled devices (CCD) which have 174,080 (512V X340H) picture elements. High resolution and fine color fidelity pictures practicable for commercial use are obtained using two CCDS and a yellow-white color stripe filter.