Sony Pregius S™ marks the 4th generation of global shutter sensors, setting new benchmarks in image quality, speed, and system design flexibility. Its compact 2.74µm pixel structure enables engineers to capture high-resolution images using smaller, cost-effective C-Mount lenses. This latest generation represents Sony’s first global shutter sensor lineup that incorporates a stacked architecture, offering improved imaging performance alongside numerous integration benefits.
These sensors boast high-speed data interfaces, versatile connectivity options, and advanced image processing features that redefine imaging across diverse industries. By combining the power of Pregius S™ sensors with FRAMOS’s comprehensive support, engineers can integrate these sensors into their vision systems effectively, delivering unparalleled performance with reduced costs.
Partnering with FRAMOS ensures a seamless integration process, providing extensive technical assistance, custom engineering solutions, and streamlined inventory management. This combination guarantees that Pregius S™ sensors deliver the best possible imaging results while reducing the total cost of ownership.
Sony Pregius S™ + FRAMOS: Benefits and Advantages
Combining Sony Pregius S™ sensors with FRAMOS‘s technical expertise ensures unmatched value for system integrators, offering a seamless blend of high-quality imaging, technical support, and streamlined logistics that enhances the implementation of Pregius S™ sensors into vision systems.
FRAMOS provides custom engineering solutions that cater to unique project requirements, allowing system designers to maximize the potential of the smaller, high-resolution sensors while minimizing the overall system costs. Comprehensive development kits and drivers are available to simplify integration, making it easier for developers to bring advanced vision systems to market faster and with greater accuracy.
The combined strengths of Sony Pregius S™ sensors and FRAMOS’s technical capabilities deliver a complete imaging solution that enables integrators to address various challenges, from high-speed sports analytics to precise factory automation. Leveraging Pregius S™’s innovative stacked architecture, high sensitivity, versatile interface compatibility, and enhanced color fidelity, FRAMOS helps engineers unlock unparalleled flexibility and imaging performance, empowering them to design vision systems with greater efficiency, precision, and adaptability.
Pregius S™:
- Smaller Sensor
- MIPI Interface Compatibility
- Stacked Structure
- Faster Frame Rates
- High Imaging Performance
Pregius S™ and FRAMOS:
- Custom Engineering Solution
- Comprehensive Development Kits and Drivers
- Expert Technical Support
- Streamlined Warehousing and Inventory Management
Key Features of Sony Pregius S™ Sensors
- Stacked Structure: This back-illuminated, stacked design improves sensitivity and color fidelity, reduces noise, and enhances pixel efficiency by placing control circuitry behind the photodiodes. This results in clearer, more accurate, and high-resolution images across various conditions.
- Smaller Sensor Design: The 2.74µm pixel architecture allows for high-resolution images using smaller, cost-effective C-Mount lenses, avoiding the need for larger, more expensive optics typically required in high-resolution imaging.
- High-Speed Data Interfaces: The SLVS-EC protocol supports high-resolution image transmission via a 5Gbps, 8-lane connection, minimizing latency and errors with built-in error correction.
- MIPI Compatibility: MIPI interfaces ensure compatibility with industry-standard ISPs, processors, and embedded vision systems, making integration across multiple platforms easier.
- Short Interval Shutter: Captures two synchronized images within a 2µs interval, useful for detecting subtle movements in high-speed monitoring and sports analytics.
- Time-Synchronized Exposure: Ensures precise exposure timing to synchronize with external events and strobe lights, capturing blur-free images during rapid movements.
- Tracking ROI: Follows moving targets across the sensor array, reducing processing load and ensuring only necessary data is captured to improve throughput.
- Motion Detection: Efficiently detects scene changes, outputting images only when movement is detected, reducing data noise and improving overall accuracy.
Back-side Illuminated Pixel
A unique global-shutter pixel architecture
Pregius S – Generation 4 Sensor Line-up
| 5.1M (Compact) | 5.1M | 8.1M | 12.4M | 16.1M | 20.3M | 24.5M | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effective pixels (H x V) | 2472 x 2064 | 2472 x 2064 | 2856 x 2848 | 4128 x 3008 | 5328 x 3040 | 4512 x 4512 | 5328 x 4608 | |
| Optical format (Type) | 1/1.8 | 1/1.8 | 2/3 | 1/1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | |
| Aspect ratio | 5:4 | 5:4 | 1:1 | 4:3 | 16:9 | 1:1 | 4:3 | |
| Pixel size | 2.74 µm | |||||||
| Interface | High speed |
IMX537 259 fps |
IMX536 194 fps |
IMX535 184 fps |
IMX532 159 fps |
IMX531 109 fps |
IMX530 106 fps |
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| Standard speed |
IMX548 114 fps |
IMX547 122 fps |
IMX546 91 fps |
IMX545 68 fps |
IMX542 52 fps |
IMX541 42 fps |
IMX540 35 fps |
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| Embedded |
IMX568 96 fps |
IMX567 96 fps |
IMX566 62 fps |
IMX565 42 fps |
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Pregius S™ 4th Generation vs Conventional Sensor
- Improved Resolution and Sensitivity: The 2.74µm pixel architecture delivers higher resolution with increased sensitivity, enabling more detailed, accurate images across diverse lighting conditions.
- Higher Frame Rates: Advanced data interfaces and protocols provide faster frame rates than previous generations, making them suitable for high-speed imaging applications like traffic monitoring and factory automation.
- Stacked Logic: The innovative stacked logic significantly reduces noise while enabling more complex circuitry, offering improved HDR capabilities for clearer, high-contrast images.
Benefits of High-Resolution
Choose Pregius S™ with FRAMOS
- Optimized System Costs: The Pregius S™ sensors’ compact 2.74µm pixel design allows engineers to use standard C-Mount lenses, which significantly reduces the need for larger, more expensive optics while maintaining exceptional high-resolution image quality. This helps lower overall system costs, providing engineers with a more budget-friendly imaging solution without compromising on performance.
- Faster Time-to-Market: The comprehensive development kits and drivers provided by FRAMOS streamline the integration process, enabling system designers to incorporate the Pregius S™ sensors into their products more easily. This simplicity accelerates prototyping and deployment, allowing companies to bring their vision systems to market much faster, giving them a competitive edge.
- Seamless Integration: FRAMOS’s expert technical support ensures seamless integration of the Pregius S™ sensors into a variety of vision systems. Their specialists provide assistance at every step, from initial setup to optimization, maximizing system performance and delivering consistently high-quality results. This support helps overcome potential challenges, ensuring a smooth transition from concept to fully operational imaging solution.
