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Mitsubishi Electric has developed a 2Mpixel CCD camera module which is a mere 7.42mm thick, making it the industry's thinnest - at least on May 30, 2004.
Mitsubishi Electric has developed a 2Mpixel CCD camera module which is a mere 7.42mm thick, making it the industry's thinnest - at least on May 30, 2004. Sample shipments will be available during July 2004 with mass production starting in September 2004.
The device uses Fuji Photo Film's "super CCD honey cam" structure to create a highly sensitive, high quality imager, even in dark places with low illumination. The CCD image sensor, power supply and signal processing LSI were all integrated into the 11.1x21.8x7.42mm module, reducing the space it requires in the mobile phone handset and allowing the handset to be thinner. Indeed, the 2Mpixel CCD camera module is of the same size and interface as the Mitsubishi Electric 1.3Mpixel device.
Each individual module allows for fine control of the AE (automatic exposure) and AWB (automatic white balance) functions.
