The godfather of the active-pixel CMOS sensor, Eric R Fossum, PhD, has been awarded the 2026 Charles Stark Draper Prize for ...

Image: Draper Eric Fossum, the inventor of the modern CMOS image sensor and a longtime friend of DPReview, was recently ...

El Segundo, Calif., February 9, 2012—Bolstered by their use in mobile handsets and emerging product segments, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensors in 2011 continued to expand their ...

CMOS image sensors—the unsung hero of the opto-semiconductor market—are staring at what some technology managers in China call a perfect storm amid a slowdown in smartphone shipments and a pause in ...

CMOS temperature sensors have emerged as an indispensable technology for thermal monitoring in modern integrated circuits. Leveraging complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor technology, these sensors ...

When taking pictures of the night sky, any noise picked up by the sensor can obscure the desired result. One major cause of noise in CMOS sensors is heat—even small amounts can degrade the final image ...

The CMOS sensor in Arri's new digital camera is the latest to be developed in collaboration with onsemi, the diversified sensor company focused on automotive and industrial markets that formerly ...

Yole Intelligence says that Sony is looking to consolidate its leading position as the market begins a new growth cycle. Mobile, automotive, and security drive CMOS imager growth Analysts at Yole ...

OmniVision, a key player in CMOS image sensors, faced difficulties after losing Apple as a client in 2011. Following its acquisition by Visionox, it shifted its focus to serving Chinese smartphone ...

OMNIVISION has announced that two of it CMOS image sensors are now supported on NVIDIA’s DRIVE AGX Hyperion platform.