Dublin, April 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Lenovo Phab2Pro 3D ToF Camera: Technology and Cost Analysis" report to their offering.
Recently, camera modules in smartphones have evolved rapidly. All major players have adopted dual cameras. Now, with the Phab2Pro, Lenovo is the first to choose a different approach. As augmented reality plays a bigger part in consumer life, Lenovo is integrating a 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera. The module features three cameras: one with high resolution, a global shutter motion detector and a Near Infra-Red (NIR) sensor.
The Lenovo Phab2Pro brings totally new functionality based on the Google Tango Project. This project, a collaboration including Infineon, pmd and Sunny Optical, has developed 3D ToF sensors for consumer applications.
The Phab2Pro implements this technology using a tri-camera sensor. The subsystem features a 16 megapixel resolution CMOS image sensor (CIS) from Samsung, a VGA resolution CIS with global shutter technology from Omnivision, and a 38 kilopixel resolution 3D Image Sensor from the collaboration between Infineon and pmd integrated into a subsystem with a NIR vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL).
To provide the 3D scene, the tri-camera's high-resolution camera supplies the texture and the global shutter camera supplies the motion-tracking. Finally, the ToF sensor supplies the depth perception at a high rate thanks to the VCSEL emitter, which gives the phone the ability to understand space and motion quickly, like a human.
The report includes technology and cost analysis of the 3D ToF sensor and technology analyses of the two other modules. These analyses provide the technical intelligence necessary to understand this technology
Key Topics Covered:
Overview / Introduction
Tri-Camera Module Supply Chain and Company Profile
Lenovo Phab2Pro Teardown
Physical Analysis
ToF module view and dimensions
- ToF module disassembly
- Cross-section of the IR sensor module: housing, flex PCB, filter, pads
- 3D image sensors
- View and dimensions
- Pixels
Cross-section of the 3D image sensor
- Overview
- Pixel array and logic circuit
IR VCSEL
- View and dimensions
- Cavity EDX
Cross-section of the IR VCSEL
- Overview
- Wire bonding, epitaxy layers
Motion detector and High Resolution Cameras Disassembly
- CISs view and dimensions
- CISs pixels
Cross-section of the camera modules: housing, flex PCB, IR filter, pads, CIS
ToF Manufacturing Process Flow
3D ToF front-end process
- IR VCSEL front-end process
- CIS wafer fabrication unit
Cost Analysis
The main steps used in the economic analysis
- Yield hypotheses
- 3D image sensor cost
- Front-end cost
- Filter and Microlens front-end cost
- Total front-end cost
- Back-end: tests and dicing
- Wafer and die cost
IR VCSEL cost
- Epitaxy step
- VCSEL epitaxy cost
- VCSEL front-end cost
- VCSEL wafer cost
- VCSEL cost per process steps
3D ToF Module Assembly Cost
- Lens module cost
- Final assembly cost
- 3D ToF module cost
Estimated Price Analysis
Motion detector and high resolution cameras prices
- Tri-camera 3D ToF module price
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Complete Technology and Cost Analysis of Lenovo's Phab2Pro 3D ToF Camera: A collaboration with Infineon, pmd and Sunny Optical & Features from Samsung
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