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Reverse Engineering the Raspberry Pi Camera V2: A study of Pixel Non-Uniformity using a Scanning Electron Microscope

Image and Video Processing 2021-03-02 v1

Abstract

In this paper we reverse engineer the Sony IMX219PQ image sensor, otherwise known as the Raspberry Pi Camera v2.0. We provide a visual reference for pixel non-uniformity by analysing variations in transistor length, microlens optic system and in the photodiode. We use these measurements to demonstrate irregularities at the microscopic level and link this to the signal variation measured as pixel non-uniformity used for unique identification of discrete image sensors.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1901.03807,
  title  = {Reverse Engineering the Raspberry Pi Camera V2: A study of Pixel Non-Uniformity using a Scanning Electron Microscope},
  author = {Richard Matthews and Matthew Sorell and Nickolas Falkner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.03807},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

16 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, paper is part of a thesis

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