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CMOS Gets a Leg Up on CCD

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Anne L. Fischer, Senior Editor

For years, people have been watching the CMOS sensor market to see when it might overtake the CCD one. According to “Image Sensors 2005: Camera Phones Drive CMOS Past CCDs in 2004,” a report from In-Stat of Scottsdale, Ariz., the camera phone market doubled CMOS shipments from 2003 to 2004. Shipments for camera phones — the largest single application for image sensors — tripled in that time period. CMOS sensors are chosen for these low-cost consumer devices because of their low power consumption and their ability to integrate other functions on a chip. Supply should be less of an issue...Read full article

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    Published: January 2006
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