9.6 A 1/2.3inch 12.3Mpixel with On-Chip 4.97TOPS/W CNN Processor Back-Illuminated Stacked CMOS Image Sensor

Within the Internet of Things (IoT) market, retail, smart city, and so on, the need for camera products which have Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing capabilities is growing. AI processing capability on such edge devices solves some issues of cloud-only computing systems, such as latency, cloud communication, processing cost, and privacy concerns. The market demand for smart cameras with AI processing capabilities includes small size, low cost, low power and ease of installation. However, conventional CMOS Image Sensors (CIS) only output the raw data of the captured image. Therefore, when developing a smart camera that has AI processing capabilities, it is necessary to utilize ICs that include an image signal processor (ISP), CNN processing, DRAM and so on. Unfortunately, this results in system solution that is larger, higher power and more costly.