TOSHIBA RELEASES LENS REDUCTION TYPE CCD LINEAR IMAGE SENSOR

Toshiba: TCD2726DG, a lens reduction type CCD linear image sensor that achieves high-speed scanning for A3 multifunction printers. (Graphic: Business Wire)

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (Toshiba) has launched ‘TCD2726DG’, a lens reduction type CCD linear image sensor that achieves high-speed scanning for A3 multifunction printers.

According to a statement, TCD2726DG meets the demand by improving performance with a faster operating clock rate: a 100MHz (50MHz x 2ch) data rate, against the 70MHz (35MHz x 2ch) data rate of Toshiba’s current sensor.

To prevent increased electromagnetic interference (EMI), a negative side effect of a faster clock rate, the new sensor incorporates a timing generator circuit and has a lower CCD driver pin count.

This reduces EMI and timing-adjustment work for customers, and the number of peripheral parts, contributing to easier system development.

The sensor can also be used in A3 multifunction printers and automated optical inspection equipment.

Shipments of engineering samples have begun. The samples are for functional evaluation. Their specifications may differ from those for mass production.

-- BERNAMA