January 18, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Brigates Prepares $207M IPO at Shanghai Stock ExchangeEastMoney, CapitalWhale, ElecFans: Yet another China-based image sensor company prepares an IPO at Shanghai Stock Exchange - Brigates (Chinese name - Ruixinwei or Ruixin Micro-Tech Innovation or Kunshan Ruixin.)"The IPO of the Science and Technology Innovation Board intends to raise 1.
January 16, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Review of SPAD Photon-to-Digital ConvertersMDPI paper "3D Photon-to-Digital Converter for Radiation Instrumentation: Motivation and Future Works" by Jean-François Pratte, Frédéric Nolet, Samuel Parent, Frédéric Vachon, Nicolas Roy, Tommy Rossignol, Keven Deslandes, Henri Dautet, Réjean Fontaine, and Serge A.
January 15, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
ToF News: Chronoptics, Opnous, MicrosoftChronoptics announces its ToF noise filter and ToF camera based on Melexis VGA sensor: Opnous publishes a datasheet of its OPNCAM8508 QVGA ToF camera based on the company's imager:Opnous also unveils OPN6001 ToF ISP chip:Opnous OPNM8518A VGA camera module consumes 500mW typ and has a...
January 14, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
CES News: Trieye, Orbbeck, Guide Sensmart, Sense Photonics, Innolux, Nuralogix, Opsys, Pioneer, IbeoTrieye presents the recent progress with its low-cost SWIR sensor, including DMS application: Orbbec presents its first ToF camera with VGA resolution: Wuhan Guide Sensmart Tech Co, a subsidiary of Guide Infrared, presents its compact thermal imaging modules for smartphones:Sense Photonics p...
January 13, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
CES News: NII, AIStorm, Innovusion, Brightway, McnexJapan National Institute of Informatics provides a protection from fingerprint recognition from camera images:AIStorm presents its sensors without saying much about the underlying technology: Innovusion shows its long range Jaguar 100 and 65 LiDARs:BrightWay Vision presents its VISDOM automotive gat...
January 12, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
ToF Sensor with Delta-Sigma FeedbackMDPI paper "High-Linearity High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Linear-Array Digital Image Sensor Using Time-Domain Feedback" by Juyeong Kim, Keita Yasutomi, Keiichiro Kagawa, and Shoji Kawahito from Shizuoka University, Japan, presents a sigma-delta feedback approach to linearize a ToF sensor response:"T...
January 12, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
CES News: Intel Shows its FMCW LiDARBusinessWire: Intel-Mobileye CTO Amnon Shashua shows the company FMCW LiDAR named EyeC. Its mass production is expected to start in 2025:"Shashua also will explain how Intel’s specialized silicon photonics fab is able to put active and passive laser elements on a silicon chip.
January 11, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Omdia: Samsung Increases its CIS Prices by 40%IFNews quotes Omdia reports that 5MP and 8M CIS for low-end and mid-range smartphones are in short supply now. As a result, Samsung has increased the prices by 40% starting December 2020, while other CIS suppliers have increased their prices by ~20%.
January 8, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Image Sensor Noise TutorialRichard Crisp, VP of New Product Development for Etron, continues his image sensor tutorial series.
January 7, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Intel Announces RealSense IDIntel unveils Realsense ID 3D camera F450 based on active stereo approach:
January 5, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Omnivision Unveils 32MP Sensor with 0.702um Pixels for SelfiesBusinessWire: OmniVision announces the OV32B sensor, featuring a 0.702um pixel to provide 32 MP resolution in a 1/3” optical format. The OV32B also supports 2- and 3-exposure HDR timing for up to 8MP video modes and still previews.
January 4, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Omnivision Announces Stacked AI Processor for DMS ApplicationsBusinesswire: OmniVision announces the OAX8000 AI-enabled, automotive ASIC for entry-level, stand-alone driver monitoring systems (DMS). The OAX8000 uses a stacked-die architecture to provide the industry’s only DMS processor with on-chip DDR3 SDRAM memory (1GB).
January 3, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
History and Future of Radiation Imaging at CERNElsevier Radiation Measurements Journal publishes a paper "History and future of radiation imaging with single quantum processing pixel detectors" by Erik H.M. Heijne from Czech Technical University in Prague.
December 31, 2020, Vladimir Koifman
The Great Wavelength Debate in Automotive LiDARs ON Semi Director of Business Development of SensL Division Bahman Hadji publishes a video "Which Wavelength Will Prevail for Automotive LiDAR – The Great Debate.
December 29, 2020, Vladimir Koifman
2020 Acquisitions & IPOsAs 2020 nears its end, there was a number of image sensor companies acquisitions:Smartsens acquired Allchip (automotive image sensors)Nordson acquired vivaMOS (X-Ray sensors)GE Health acquired Prismatic Sensors (X-Ray sensors)Goodix acquired Dreamchip (digital design services team)TE Connectivity ac...
December 27, 2020, Vladimir Koifman
Silicon Integrated Raises $25M in Round BI missed this announcement in June 2020. Chinese ToF sensor company Silicon Integrated raised a RMB180M ($25.28M) series B round of financing led by CTC Capital.Silicon Integrated develops ToF sensor chips and 3D vision solutions, and has already launched mature products.
January 18, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Luminar CES Presentation Compares LiDAR ApproachesLuminar publishes its presentations at CES2021.
January 16, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Comments on Hamamatsu Patents Ownership Transfer to SionyxIt appears that Federal Circuit decision to transfer an ownership of a number of Hamamatsu patents to SiOnyx has attracted quite a lot of attention from lawyers.
January 14, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Samsung Adds 4th Sensor to its 108MP LineupBusinessWire: Samsung introduces its latest 108MP mobile sensor, the 0.8um 1/1.33-inch ISOCELL HM3. This is the 4th 108MP sensor in the company's lineup after HMX, HM1, and HM2.
January 13, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
MIPI A-PHY GearsMIPI publishes an article talking about the A-PHY standard gears. The scaling is quite impressive: speeds up to 16Gbps per lane with PAM4, 8, and 16(!) modulation schemes.
January 12, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
A Conversation with Eric FossumYoutube channel Reliability Matters publishes "Episode 59: A Conversation with CMOS Image Sensor Inventor Dr. Eric Fossum.
January 12, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
AI Sensor with In-Pixel Charge Domain ProcessingArxiv.org paper "An Ultra Fast Low Power Convolutional Neural Network Image Sensor with Pixel-level Computing" by Ruibing Song, Kejie Huang, Zongsheng Wang, Haibin Shen from Zhejiang University, China, is also published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems in December 2020.
January 12, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
CES News: Intel Shows its FMCW LiDARBusinessWire: Intel-Mobileye CTO Amnon Shashua shows the company FMCW LiDAR named EyeC. Its mass production is expected to start in 2025:"Shashua also will explain how Intel’s specialized silicon photonics fab is able to put active and passive laser elements on a silicon chip.
January 10, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Smartsens Announces 9MP APS-C Sensor with 3D Stacked Voltage Domain Global ShutterSmartsens launches a 9MP Global Shutter sensor product for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications, the SC910GS. Also, the previously launched 4MP SC410GS targets the same market.
January 8, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Emberion Productizes Graphene-based VGA SWIR SensorEmberion publishes a product page for its graphene-based VGA imager and camera:Very wide-spectrum VIS-SWIR Camera Core:Based on Emberion’s VGA-resolution VIS-SWIR image sensor: spectral response range spanning from 400 nm up to 2000 nmFully functional camera core ready for vision system integratio...
January 7, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
LiDAR News: Livox, Aeva, Sense, Fraunhofer, XilinxBusinessWire: Xpeng, a Chinese electric vehicle company, is to deploy Livox automotive-grade lidar technology in Xpeng’s new production model in 2021. Livox is Xpeng’s first partner in lidar technology.
January 6, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Omnivision Presents 1.998um NIR-enhanced Pixel and SensorBusinessWire: OmniVision announces the OS04C10, a 1.998um pixel, 4 MP sensor for both IoT and home security cameras.
January 5, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Teledyne to Acquire FLIR for $8BTeledyne and FLIR jointly announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Teledyne will acquire FLIR in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $8.0 billion.“At the core of both our companies is proprietary sensor technologies.
January 4, 2021, Gordon Laing
Canon RF 24-105mm f4-7.1 STM reviewThe Canon RF 24-105mm f4-7.1 STM is a compact, light and affordable general-purpose zoom for the full-frame EOS R mirrorless system.
January 2, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Thesis on Low Power ToF ImagingMIT publishes a PhD Thesis "Algorithms and systems for low power time-of-flight imaging" by James Noraky."Time-of-flight (ToF) cameras are appealing depth sensors because they obtain dense depth maps with minimal latency.
December 31, 2020, Vladimir Koifman
The Great Wavelength Debate in Automotive LiDARs ON Semi Director of Business Development of SensL Division Bahman Hadji publishes a video "Which Wavelength Will Prevail for Automotive LiDAR – The Great Debate.
December 28, 2020, Vladimir Koifman
The Richest Man in China's Semiconductor Industry is "Image Sensor Man"Halo Finance, DayDayNews: Will Semiconductor chairman and Omnivision CEO Renrong Yu is the richest man in China semiconductor industry. Will Semi is a mother company of Omnivision, Superpix, and Celepixel.This year, Renrong Yu is ranked 65th on the Forbes China Rich List with a wealth of 51.
December 26, 2020, Vladimir Koifman
Global TCAD Solutions for CISGlobal TCAD Solutions GmbH, a spin-off from Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria, presents its tools for CIS pixel simulations:One common type of APS cell consists of a Pinned Photodiode (PPD) with four NMOS transistors.
January 17, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Modeling of Current-Assisted Photonic Demodulator for ToF SensorHong Kong University publishes a video presentation "Compact Modeling of Current-Assisted Photonic Demodulator for Time-of-Flight CMOS Image Sensor" by Cristine Jin Delos Santos.
January 15, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Apple iPhone 12 Cameras are Cheaper than iPhone 11'sCounterpoint Research says that iPhone 12 cameras cost $3.
January 14, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
CES News: Intel Demos Realsense ID and MEMS LiDARIntel posted two videos with demos of its recently announced Realsense ID and L515 MEMS LiDAR:
January 13, 2021, Gordon Laing
Sony FE 35mm f1.4 GM reviewThe FE 35mm f1.4 G Master is a high-end wide-angle prime lens for Sony’s e-mount mirrorless system and one that’s corrected for full-frame bodies. It’s Sony’s fourth 35 in the native e-mount, but the first to join the flagship G-Master series.
January 12, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Omnivision Unveils 1080p60 Sensor for Mainstream Security CamerasBusinessWire: OmniVision announces the OS02H10, a 2.9um, 1080p image sensor adding the NIR and low light performance of its Nyxel and PureCel Plus technologies to mainstream surveillance cameras. This sensor also offers multiple HDR options at 60 fps.
January 12, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
CES News: Intel Shows its FMCW LiDARBusinessWire: Intel-Mobileye CTO Amnon Shashua shows the company FMCW LiDAR named EyeC. Its mass production is expected to start in 2025:"Shashua also will explain how Intel’s specialized silicon photonics fab is able to put active and passive laser elements on a silicon chip.
January 11, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Omnivision Unveils 3MP Automotive SensorBusinessWire: OmniVision announced the OX03F10 automotive sensor.
January 9, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Yole Webcast on Rise of Thermal Imaging MarketYole Developpement publishes its webcast "Thermal imaging: The rise of fever detection – global market applications and evolution" held on Dec. 8, 2020.
January 8, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Gigapixel X-Ray CameraArxiv.org paper "Billion-pixel X-ray camera (BiPC-X)" by Zhehui Wang, Kaitlin Anagnost, Cris W. Barnes, D. M. Dattelbaum, Eric R. Fossum, Eldred Lee, Jifeng Liu, J. J. Ma, W. Z. Meijer, Wanyi Nie, C. M. Sweeney, Audrey C.
January 7, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Omnivision Announces 40MP Sensor with 1.008um Pixel and Multi-Sampling CDSBusinessWire: OmniVision announces the OV40A, a 40MP, 1.008um pixel sensor that features super high gain and de-noise technologies in the 1/1.7” optical format. This sensor also offers multiple HDR options and supports 1080p slow-motion and high-speed video captures at 240 fps with PDAF.
January 6, 2021, Gordon Laing
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January 4, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Materials Recognition with ToF CameraSpringer Machine Vision and Applications Journal publishes a paper "Classification of materials using a pulsed time-of-flight camera" by ShiNan Lang, Jizhong Zhang, Yiheng Cai, Xiaoqing Zhu, and Qiang Wu from Beijing University of Technology, China.
January 3, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Current and Future Technologies of Capsule EndoscopyArchives of Preventive Medicine publishes a paper "Analysis of current and future technologies of capsule endoscopy: A mini review" by Alexander P Brown and Ahalapitiya H Jayatissa from the University of Toledo, OH, USA.
January 1, 2021, Vladimir Koifman
Millimeter Wave Sensing ReviewEindhoven University of Technology publishes an Arxiv.org paper "Millimeter Wave Sensing: A Review of Application Pipelines and Building Blocks" by Bram van Berlo, Amany Elkelany, Tanir Ozcelebi, and Nirvana Meratnia.
December 30, 2020, Vladimir Koifman
Samsung Plans to Leapfrog Sony with New 20nm ProcessJoongAng Ibo: Samsung VP Yong-in Park has been recently promoted from HR to the System LSI Division Strategic Marketing Manager. One of his first decisions was to convert the remaining DRAM capacity on Line 11 to image sensor manufacturing.
December 27, 2020, Vladimir Koifman
Silicon Integrated Raises $25M in Round BI missed this announcement in June 2020. Chinese ToF sensor company Silicon Integrated raised a RMB180M ($25.28M) series B round of financing led by CTC Capital.Silicon Integrated develops ToF sensor chips and 3D vision solutions, and has already launched mature products.