According to CEFCA, JPCam is the definitive scientific instrument of the OAJ JST/T250 telescope, designed to perform large sky surveys. JPCam is the second largest astronomical camera in the world, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many industry sources suggest that there may be a fundamental shift approaching for digital image sensors. Technology advances may soon allow the image quality available from CMOS image sensors to ...

A scientist who paved the way for fiber optics and a team of two researchers who designed the first digital-imaging sensor share the 2009 prize. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Sharp Corp. has developed what it believes is the first commercially available CCD camera module with one-megapixel resolution for integrated camera phones. Sharp's LZOP3721 measures 13.5 x 11 x 9.7mm ...

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 ...

Binning is a crucial feature of scientific cameras, especially in applications with low light such as chemiluminescence western blotting. Binning increases the sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio ...

Advancements in semiconductor manufacturing, particularly the ability to create increasingly smaller and more efficient systems, have made image sensors integral to most people's daily lives. Imaging ...

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 ...