ISDC - Image Sensors Design Center

ISDC (Image Sensors Design Center) Ltd. is a Sony innovation and development center, focusing on developing next generation image sensors and other sensors, including depth sensors.

Who we are

ISDC (Image Sensors Design Center) Ltd. is a Sony innovation and development center, focusing on developing next generation image sensors and other sensors, including depth sensors. We are part of Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) - a global leader in the market of image sensors for mobile phones, and a key player in the image sensor market for industrial, medical, automotive, security and many other applications.

Our world leading team comprises of a small and selected group of engineers whose passion is to develop state-of-the-art CMOS Image Sensor chips using advanced IC processing and design technologies.

We work closely with Sony Semiconductor Solutions in Japan and collaborate with our sister companies in Europe, US and Israel.

Our technology

Our cutting-edge technology is embedded in a variety of applications including mobile phones, professional photography & cinema, automotive, and factory automation.

As a sensor design team with highly experienced and skilled engineers, ISDC Ltd specializes in:

- Pixel readout & digitization circuits, with best-in-class performance parameters: low power, low noise, low area, high uniformity and image quality.
- Pixel drive circuits, including special circuits for Time-of-Flight depth sensor pixels.
- Image sensor control, communication, video output and pixel processing on-chip.

The above is achieved with thorough verification & characterization to guarantee performance in silicon, high reliability, and high yield.

Our achievements

Sigma Delta readout for full frame DSLR sensor used in Alpha1 Camera.

ƩΔ column ADC technology, developed by ISDC in Israel, enables super-fast rolling shutter imaging at high ADC bit depth (14 bit).

The technology was embedded in an advanced image sensor device integrated into the heart of Sony's professional flagship Alpha 1 Camera.

The project received distinguished awards for innovation in Sony.

Our patents

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Join our team

Here at ISDC, we embrace Sony’s mission statement, which is “To be a company that inspires and fulfills your curiosity. Our unlimited passion for technology, content, services, and relentless pursuit of innovation drives us to deliver ground-breaking new excitement and entertainment in ways that only Sony can.”

Our exclusive team is made up of highly skilled success-driven individuals who are enthusiastic about the technology but at the same time strongly believe that work should be exciting and fun. Sharing our curiosity and our knowhow with one another is a value we greatly promote.

We are a small haven in a global multinational company, enjoying the best of both worlds: the assets and technology of a global company and the cozy, informal, family-like environment more common in small energetic start-up companies.

So if you are both a bright VLSI engineer and a passionate team player - your place is with us!

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