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 ...

Many of the characteristics that engineers look for in machine-vision cameras are determined by the image sensor at the heart of that camera. High-quality images, high resolution, high frame rates, ...

Toshiba’s TCD2728DG CCD linear image sensor uses lens reduction to cut random noise, enhancing image quality in semiconductor inspection equipment and A3 multifunction printers. As a lens-reduction ...

The early 2000s were a great time for digital phtoography, where the nascent technology was finding its footing through new innovations. There was, however, one sensor design that had the potential to ...

Never heard of the names Willard S Boyle and George E Smith before? Well, remember them now — thanks to their invention, you're able to use a digital camera today. Lexy was a producer and on-air ...

As a manufacturer of both Charge-Coupled Devices (CCD) and CMOS image sensors, why do we have two different approaches for image sensing? CCD technology was designed for imaging, and is the base ...

Ever wondered how the CMOS and CCD image sensors inside cameras work? Well, these neat animations byRaymond Sirí do a great job of explaining it. The animations show the basics of how the two sensor ...

(Charge-Coupled Device sensor) An electronic memory that records the intensity of light as a variable charge. Although mostly replaced by CMOS sensors to capture images in cameras, camcorders and ...

Improved design and fabrication methods teamed up with high-speed processors are spawning low-cost, high-performance CMOS and CCD imagers across a wide range of applications. The latest generation of ...

ON Semiconductor has released its highest resolution Interline Transfer CCD image sensor, which provides high resolution without sacrificing image uniformity and global shutter architecture, the ...