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Not one to miss all the demand for cameras with extra functionality and adaptability, Sony decided to build a new type of camera CMOS sensor.The CMOS sensor made by Sony is unique in how it places the pixel section (with the back-illuminated structure pixels) on the chip that has the circuit section (which processes ... |
23 January 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Sony has unveiled a new backlit CMOS (complementary-symmetry metal–oxide–semiconductor) image sensor that it is currently working on, which has the potential to end up in Apple’s next-generation iPhone.
Sony’s next-gen image sensor separates the CMOS sensors from the circuits that handle imag... |
23 January 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Looks like Canon is getting ready to release three new camcorders, although the newcomers will only be sold in Japan, at least at first.
The three camcorders that Canon Japan intends to start shipping in March (2012) go by the names of HF M52, HF M51 and HF R31.
They all have the DIGIC DV III image processing techn... |
19 January 2012
10:01 GMT |
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We spoke about how Sharp had invented the world's thinnest CMOS camera module and how it has been used in the SH–01D handset on NTT DoCoMo.
Now, the special functionality of that module has been shown on video.
In addition to all the capabilities that come naturally with being a 12.1 megapixel, 1080p m... |
9 December 2011
17:31 GMT |
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With today’s smartphones becoming thinner and thinner, it was only a matter of time before smaller components for them emerged, and one of them comes from Sharp in the form of a 12.1-megapixel photo snapper.
The company announced that the new product is aimed at being used inside new smartphones, and that it... |
1 December 2011
18:31 GMT |
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Graphene is showing off its wonder material properties yet again, this time actually demonstrating, or being demonstrated to, have what it takes to liquefy.
Granted, liquefy might not be the correct word, since graphene is more of a molecular compound than anything else, so terms like solid, liquid and gaseous do... |
26 November 2011
06:24 GMT |
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Light-based transmissions are seen as the next step in transferring data from one place to another and Molex just announced a chip meant to direct that very sort of operation.
The single chip CMOS photonics-based 100 Gbps optical interconnect were made in collaboration with Luxtera.
Four 28 Gbps transmit and recei... |
9 November 2011
19:31 GMT |
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In addition to making official a new application processor aimed at high-end smartphones, as well as a new 64GB memory chip, Samsung Electronics also announced a new 1/2.3-inch 16 Megapixel (Mp) CMOS image sensor for mobile devices.
The new sensor, unveiled today at the eighth annual Samsung Mobile Solutions For... |
29 September 2011
19:31 GMT |
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It appears that NVIDIA really is trying to expand its horizons and get a better grasp of those already treated, as it has now entered a collaboration with semiconductor researcher Imec.It became quite clear that NVIDIA was serious in its accumulation of resources, both material and of the intellectual property varie... |
26 May 2011
04:34 GMT |
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The quality of an image taken with a photo camera depends mostly on the CMOS image sensor it is equipped with, and it looks like OmniVision just delivered one that should enter mass production soon.Nowadays, it is hard to find any consumer electronic, save perhaps some TV sets, which are not equipped with a video ca... |
14 April 2011
10:57 GMT |
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Most of us have been using a technology originally developed for space for many years, without even realizing it. One in three mobile phones on the market today features camera technologies that were originally developed to bring the most distant galaxies in the Universe into our lives.
The same cameras were used... |
19 January 2011
02:35 GMT |
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Sony has just announced that the company plans to invest $1.2 billion in its image sensor production facilities, enabling it to double the number of such sensors built, in order to keep up with the increased smartphones and digital camera demand.This amount translates to 100 billion yen, part of the sum following to ... |
28 December 2010
03:43 GMT |
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Digital cameras have moved over the years from being something that only the rich could afford to being a tool of the masses. Prices for the average models can be afforded, and only the top-notch ones remain untouchable for the common people. But experts have been looking for a way to make even cheaper image sensors ... |
8 October 2009
17:41 GMT |
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CMOS image sensors are commonly used in special cameras, which provide visual assistance for the visually impaired. But their main disadvantage is that they have relatively poor performances, that they provide only monochrome images, and also that they have a very limited sensitivity to light. A team of experts recen... |
5 October 2009
18:51 GMT |
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Head-mounted displays, more commonly known as data eyeglasses, have remained an exclusive class of gadgets until now, confined to being used by Hollywood secret agents, helicopter and jet fighter pilots, as well as by car designers. At this point, they work by supplying the wearer with additional information about t... |
9 June 2009
08:53 GMT |
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Today, Samsung Electronics has announced the expansion of its portfolio of CMOS image sensors with the introduction of a new high-definition 1/4-inch, 1.2 Megapixel system-on-chip (SoC) imager, the S5K4AW. Designed specifically to be used in notebook and desktop computers, the company's new solution is meant to ... |
5 December 2008
04:43 GMT |
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Measuring small variations in weak magnetic fields can prove rather difficult at times, especially when other stronger magnetic fields are present. Take for example the magnetic sensors used in the automotive industry. They are used to measure a whole range of parameters, including temperature variations, minute air ... |
9 June 2008
06:50 GMT |
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A team of researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, including Professor Hossein Hashemi and Graduate student Ta-Shun Chu, has recently been capable to create a small 49 pixel CMOS camera, that works in the ultrawideband radar. Only two years ago, the team presented a similar CMOS chip that was only capa... |
5 February 2008
07:38 GMT |
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Sony has made today an important step towards the big boys' playground where Canon and recently Nikon are playing the full-frame game. The Konica-Minolta inheritor has today announced the development of its first 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor. An impressive one, we might add. With no less than 24.81 effective mega... |
30 January 2008
09:10 GMT |
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The CMOS war between Canon and Sony has now entered the DSLR land. Last month, both companies announced their plans to invest in new facilities aimed at manufacturing more CMOS imagers. Back then, the big news was that CMOS units would eventually find their way into compact cameras. A month later, Canon announced the... |
20 August 2007
16:31 GMT |
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Despite the "gruesome" PR war between Sony and Canon, it appears that Kodak has smithed them both with the announcement of the first point and shoot digital camera that uses a CMOS sensor. If we were to be completely honest, Sony's R1 is the first non-SLR camera with a CMOS sensor, but the model is not quite a p... |
24 July 2007
10:48 GMT |
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Web-sites in the photographic industry today published a Sony press release dated June 6 in which the company also announced its plans to invest a significant amount of money in the expansion of the Kumamoto Technology Center (Kumamoto TEC) Fab 2 facility that manufactures CMOS sensors. Canon was quoted by news agenc... |
17 July 2007
09:03 GMT |
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There's a reason why Canon is the leader of the photographic equipment market and that reason is called "CMOS sensors". Admittedly, it's not the only reason why Canon has the largest DSLR market share, but it's their main advantage over other players, especially over Nikon, which buys its sensors from ... |
16 July 2007
05:50 GMT |
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Since the beginning of digital photography, manufacturers have tried to improve sensors so as to capture more detail at high sensitivities. Kodak claim that they've succeeded in changing the original Bayer design, invented in 1976 by the famous Kodak researcher Dr. Bryce Bayer, resulting in sensitivities two tim... |
15 June 2007
03:53 GMT |
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The highest resolution available today for the 35mm standard is a performance achieved by Canon in the form of the 1Ds Mark II, which should have a successor in the nearby future. But the 16,7MP sported by the full-frame CMOS sensor are nothing compared to what Canon has cooked up. It might not be yet available for p... |
5 June 2007
10:09 GMT |
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Extremely high frequency is the highest radio frequency band. EHF runs the range of frequencies from 30 to 300 gigahertz, above which electromagnetic radiation is considered to be low (or far) infrared light, also referred to as Terahertz radiation. This band has a wavelength of ten to one millimeter, giving it the ... |
16 April 2007
10:51 GMT |
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Samsung Electronics, one of the leaders in advanced semiconductor technology, announced recently an 8.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1.4 pixel design at Samsung's fourth annual Mobile Solution Forum.The new CIS chip provides a high signal to noise ratio (SNR), a key measure of overall image quality. ... |
27 March 2007
04:31 GMT |
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Last week, I spoke about the manufacturers that will put together the iPhone, hopefully be June, as announced. I was saying then the names that are likely to win the manufacturers competition are Hon Hai for assembling, Samsung for its NAND memory, Marvell for supplying the iPhone's 802.11 wireless connectivity,... |
5 March 2007
11:11 GMT |
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