1. Image sensors see new light.
- Author
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Holton, Conard
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CCD cameras , *CHARGE coupled devices , *COMPLEMENTARY metal oxide semiconductors , *COMPUTER vision , *IMAGE processing - Abstract
The article focuses on the move of engineers at Fairchild Imaging to develop a low-light-level digital camera with a Camera Link interface that integrates the features of charge coupled device (CCD) imagers and complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology in Milpitas, California. The camera uses two CMOS readout integrated circuits (ICs) and has very low dark current to capture images at 30 frame/s where the brightest region within the image has less than 200 photoelectrons.
- Published
- 2007