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Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) systems utilize cameras and LiDAR sensors to acquire critical data to enable safety features such as automated cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane keep assist, automatic lane keeping systems, advanced front lighting, windshield wiper control, automatic low and high beam switching, etc. Because these sensors are integral to safety systems, they must be ASIL Functional Safety (ISO-26262) and AEC-Q100 Grade 2 compliant. onsemi’s automotive-grade image sensors and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are the core sensing components of cameras and LiDARs respectively.

Evaluation/Development Kits

NCV76124 Evaluation Kit

The Evaluation kit is intended for use with the NCV76124 Rain and Light Interface chip. The kit provides 5 Lightmeasurement channels and 2 Rain measurement channels.

NCV7451 System basis Chip Evaluation Board

The NCV7451V1GEVB is designed to quickly evaluate the NCV7451 system basis chip with CAN FD transceiver, LDO regulator and wake comparator. The board is intended to provide quick and convenient means for evaluation of NCV7451. The design incorporates the lowest bill of material and small board size.

NCV7450 System basis Chip Evaluation Board

The NCV7450V1GEVB Evaluation Board efficiently and effectively evaluates the NCV7450, which integrates +5 V / 250 mA LDO with a high−speed CAN transceiver and one high−side driver with diagnostics, directly controlled by dedicated pins.

NCV7535 System Basis Chip Evaluation Board

The NCV7535VMFD5C466NGEVB is designed to quickly evaluate the NCV7535 H-bridge pre-driver. The design demonstrates a full application incorporating: Dual SO8FL MOSFETs, a microcontroller, 5 V voltage regulator, current-sense amplifier, controls and USB interface.

Reference Designs

MARS: Modular Automotive Reference System

A complete imaging solution for camera system developers and software developers working on automotive imaging applications.

Direct Time−of−Flight Depth Sensing Reference Designs

A suite of depth sensing reference designs and evaluation kits to simplify the design process and time−to−market of depth sensing solutions.

Technical Documents

Super−Exposure Pixels Mitigate LED Flicker in the Most Demanding Automotive Environments

onsemi utilizes super exposure technique to address the challenges of ADAS requirements and flickering LEDs.

Test Bench for Ultrasonic Sensing ASSP NCV75215

Ultrasonic time−of−flight measurement is successfully used in industrial and automotive applications.

Image Sensor Terminology

This technical note has been written to clarify some of the terminology used to describe the operation and performance of solid state image sensors.

A Brief Introduction to Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) Sensors

A low-light sensor that has performance characteristics comparable to a conventional PMT with the practical advantages of a solid-state sensor.

SiPMs in Direct ToF Ranging Applications

LiDAR is a ranging technique that is increasingly being employed in applications such as mobile range finding, automotive ADAS, gesture recognition and 3D mapping.

Biasing and Readout of onsemi SiPM Sensors

This application note covers all aspects of Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) biasing and readout for onsemi SiPMs. Readout options for both the standard and fast terminals are discussed.

Performance Measurement and Model Validation of Gen3 Scanning LiDAR Demonstrator

These sensors are now at the forefront of the most innovative developments for LiDAR applications in ADAS and autonomous vehicles.

Image Sensor ISO Measurement

There are many ways to describe the sensitivity of an imaging system to light. It is traditional for the sensitivity of a digital image sensor to be specified in terms of its quantum efficiency.

Chip Supply Voltage Monitor Limits

This application note provided details of how the chip supply voltage monitor limits were established for the AR0220AT, AR0231AT and AR0138AT.

Handling Procedures to Avoid Trapped Charges

This application note provides guidelines on preventing the generation of trapped charges.

Image Sensor Handling and Best Practices

This application note describes minimal methods for customers to incorporate in their handling, storing, and cleaning processes for image sensors.

Image Sensor Color Correction

This reference document will describe the basic process to obtain colors from a digital image sensor

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