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NASA once rejected the sensor technology that is now in every smartphone camera

Image: Tech Transfer HQ CMOS sensors are now so ordinary that it's easy to forget how transformative they were. They're used ...
Science Daily

Non-toxic quantum dots pave the way towards CMOS shortwave infrared image sensors for consumer electronics

Researchers have fabricated a new high-performance shortwave infrared (SWIR) image sensor based on non-toxic colloidal quantum dots. They report on a new method for synthesizing functional ...
EDN

CMOS image sensors work in low-light conditions

The OmniVision OS08A20 image sensor targets surveillance systems and body cams. Image: OmniVision. Image sensors work in much the same way as film, allowing light to enter and exposing the image to ...
EDN

Infrared proximity sensing: Building blocks, mechanical considerations, & design trade-offs

Proximity sensing based on infrared signal acquisition and processing typically requires two parts to form the optical front end: an infrared LED and an optical sensor. The infrared LED beams infrared ...
Optics

OmniVision and Artilux collaborate on 3D infrared sensors

The giant image sensor vendor OmniVision is collaborating with the Taiwan-based 3D imaging specialist Artilux on new devices that promise improved performance in the near-infrared spectrum. Fabricated ...