If you were asked to design a camera sensor, you'd naturally put the photo receptors on top, closest to the light. Oddly enough, because of the way chips are fabricated, until recently most camera ...

The FINANCIAL — Sony Corporation on December 19 announced the release of a back-illuminated, time-of-flight image sensor which is 1/2-type, VGA resolution and it delivers improved depth sensing ...

Sony on Monday announced its latest and thinnest back-illuminated CMOS image sensor that will no doubt help manufacturers create thinner smartphones. "Sony has succeeded in establishing a structure ...

The FINANCIAL — Sony Corporation on June 5 announced it has developed a back-illuminated time-of-flight (“ToF”) image sensor with a 10µm pixel pitch, the industry’s smallest. This accomplishment was ...

Here's the run-down on back-side illuminated sensors (like those in the recently announced Sony cameras) including how they differ from more conventional designs and why we're still waiting for an ...

Every aspect of Andor’s new Sona microscope sCMOS camera platform has been engineered from the ground up to optimize performance, drawing the best performance possible from the sensors that have been ...

Tokyo, Jan 23, 2012 – (JCN Newswire) – Sony Corp. today announced that it has developed a new next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor which embodies the continuous evolution of the camera.

I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but ...

Sony has been blowing the camera industry away with its A7-series of full-frame mirrorless cameras. Its latest model, the A7R II, may look like the previously announced models, but inside is a ...

Image sensor design has come a long way in just a few years. Some improvements have been slow, quiet and evolutionary. Others have brought a clear step forward in sensor performance. The latest ...