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The inventor of the CMOS camera sensor just won the Nobel Prize of Engineering

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

Eric Fossum earns the prestigious Draper Prize for pioneering the CMOS image sensor

Image: Draper Eric Fossum, the inventor of the modern CMOS image sensor and a longtime friend of DPReview, was recently awarded the 2026 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering. The award, which is ...
EDN

Methods to extend the dynamic range of CMOS Active Pixel Sensors

The dynamic range of a scene is usually higher than the dynamic range of the sensor used to acquire the image. Design optimizations must be found that increase the intra-scene dynamic range a sensor ...
EDN

Micron breaks mega-pixel barrier with CMOS image sensor

BEIJING — Micron Technology Inc. launched its most significant salvo yet against the charged coupled device (CCD) camp on Sunday (March 2), introducing its first mega-pixel CMOS image sensor. Micron ...
Gizmochina

Huawei is working on self-developed CMOS image sensors

When sanctions hit Huawei, Sony, the original supplier of image sensors, halted their shipments, affecting both companies. Sony sought permission to resume supplies, but their relationship with Huawei ...
Optics

High UV sensitivity CMOS area image sensor

The S16101 CMOS area image sensor with back-illuminated structure and a 1280x1024 Active Pixel Sensor matrix, incorporates a timing generator, amplifier and A/D converter. The sensor has a digital ...
ExtremeTech

Canon 70D with dual-pixel CMOS AF: The first DSLR that can autofocus videos

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