Source: Stevie Author: Stevie
    On April 17, 2025, Shanghai, China - Starlight (Shanghai) Electronic Technology Co., LTD. (stock abbreviation: Starlight, stock code: 688213) recently announced the launch of the Automotive Sensor(AT)Series 3MP high-performance automotive-grade image sensor - SC360AT. This new product is the first one from Starlight to adopt CarSens? Image sensor products with Stacked BSI + Rolling Shutter architecture fabricated by XR Gen 2 process technology. As a 3.0μm pixel size image sensor, the SC360AT is equipped with SuperPixGain HDR? With multiple advanced technologies such as 2.0 and LFS, it integrates performance advantages like high sensitivity, high dynamic range (up to 140dB), low noise, and low power consumption, and supports LED flicker suppression. It provides accurate and reliable real-time images for various ADAS applications such as side view, rear view, and surround view, meeting the upgrade requirements of intelligent vehicle perception systems. Furthermore, the SC360AT complies with the requirements of two automotive standards, namely ISO 26262 ASIL-B automotive functional safety and ISO 21434 automotive Cybersecurity. With high reliability and high security, it contributes to the accelerated innovation of automotive intelligence and connectivity.

    Under the trend of accelerated evolution and large-scale popularization of intelligent vehicle technology, the number of cameras equipped in a single vehicle will continue to increase. Meanwhile, advanced intelligent driving assistance functions have put forward higher requirements for environmental perception accuracy, driving the market demand for high-resolution and high-performance in-vehicle CMOS image sensors to further increase. According to the latest forecast by TSR, the global shipment volume of automotive CMOS image sensors will increase from 380 million units to 480 million units from 2023 to 2028. In terms of the application of in-vehicle ADAS cameras, 3MP is gradually becoming the mainstream resolution configuration, providing vehicles with more comprehensive environmental perception capabilities and thereby promoting the smooth implementation of more advanced intelligent driving assistance functions on the entire vehicle.

SuperPixGain HDR?  2.0 technology, creating high-precision visual perception images
    During vehicle operation, complex and changeable light conditions such as low light, strong light and backlight pose a great challenge to the imaging quality and accuracy of on-board cameras. Based on CarSens? The SC360AT image sensor fabricated by the XR Gen 2 process has a large pixel size of 3.0μm and is equipped with SuperPixGain HDR? It features multiple advanced technologies from Starlight, including 2.0, and supports various high dynamic range (HDR) modes. With outstanding performance advantages such as sensitivity, signal-to-noise ratio, and dynamic range, it provides clear and accurate real-time image acquisition for in-vehicle cameras, further assisting intelligent vehicle perception systems in achieving precise identification and judgment.

High sensitivity and high signal-to-noise ratio

    The SC360AT image sensor innovatively adopts SuperPixGain HDR? The 2.0 technology, through a single-pixel + overflow charge storage architecture, achieves a dual improvement in sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio. The sensitivity of SC360AT is as high as 12348mV/lux*s, and its peak quantum efficiency (QE peak) in the visible light band of 520nm is as high as 82%. Compared with the traditional large and small pixel architecture CIS, the SC360AT based on the single-pixel + overflow charge storage architecture effectively avoids problems such as optical crosstalk and chromatic aberration caused by the large and small pixel architecture. With excellent sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio, it provides the camera with bright and clear high-quality images.