TOKYO ” CCD image sensors and CMOS sensors each have advantages, including CCD's higher sensitivity and lower power consumption for CMOS. Both characteristics are required for mobile applications.

TOKYO — CCD image sensors and CMOS sensors each have advantages, including CCD's higher sensitivity and lower power consumption for CMOS. Both characteristics are required for mobile applications.

Over the past year, CMOS technology has become a major contender in the image-sensor market, with infant manufacturers and mature CCD manufacturers alike competing for a share of the market. CCD and ...

We explain the camera sensor technology used in todays digital cameras and smartphones, from CCD sensors to CMOS sensors, BSI, or Back Side Illumination, what does it all mean? Find out here.

A CMOS-based chip that records the intensities of light as variable charges similar to a CCD chip. Although initially used in less expensive digital cameras, the quality of CMOS sensors has ...

If you spend a lot of time reading about cameras, you’re probably familiar with the terms CMOS sensor and CCD sensor, as they describe the two most popular digital camera sensor types. You probably ...

A report by Nikkei Electronics Asia says CMOS sensors will emerge as the main pickup device for digital imaging products in the near future.

Several market research firms forecast that CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) image sensor (CIS) production will reach 400 million units as soon as mid-2002 and surpass that of CCD ...