Japan: Toshiba announces new sensitive 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor.Byline: deepak03 Compared with a conventional sensor (left), Toshiba's new 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor See CMOS image sensor. (right) allows light to hit the silicon substrate directly Toshiba has announced a 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor for mobile phones and digital cameras which it says will boost light sensitivity and absorption by up to 40 percent. Whereas conventional sensors have multi-layer wiring sandwiched between the lenses and light receiving substrate, Toshiba has moved the wiring out of the way and placed the lenses and the photodiodes together. Light entering a conventional CMOS sensor from an angle can be blocked or reflected by the wiring positioned between the lenses and the section that receives the light. Attaching the lenses to the back side of the silicon substrate delivers the incoming light directly to the photodiodes and allows for the wiring layer size to be increased or decreased as needed as needed prn. See prn order. without affecting image quality. The pixel pitch See dot pitch. of the new 1/2.3in sensor is only 1.4 microns (by comparison the pixel size of Nikon's new D3S is 8.45 microns and Canon's EOS Eos (ē`ŏs), in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of dawn; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Every morning she arose early and preceded her brother Helios into the heavens. 1D MkIV is 5.7 microns) and this would usually mean a lot of noise on an image. But Toshiba claims that repositioning repositioning Laparoscopic surgery The changing of a Pt's position during a procedure to improve access or visualization of the operative field, which may be linked to complications, as it changes anatomic planes of operation. Cf Laparoscopic surgery. the lens so that wiring no longer limits light absorption should lead to "a new level of image quality to mobile phones". When production begins early next year, Toshiba plans to use the new back-side illumination CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. "to promote its full-scale entry to digital camera market" while continuing to develop the technology further. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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