December 8, 2023, Atul Ingle
Early announcement: Single Photon Workshop 2024Single Photon Workshop 2024EICC Edinburgh 18-22 Nov 2024www.spw2024.org The 11th Single Photon Workshop (SPW) 2024 will be held 18-24 November 2024, hosted at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
December 4, 2023, Atul Ingle
Prof. Edoardo Charbon's Talk on IR SPADs for LiDAR & Quantum Imaging SWIR/NIR SPAD Image Sensors for LIDAR and Quantum Imaging Applications, by Prof. CharbonIn this talk, prof. Charbon will review the evolution of solid-state photon counting sensors from avalanche photodiodes (APDs) to silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) to single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs).
December 1, 2023, Thomas
Nikon Z 600mm f6.3 VR S review so farThe Z 600mm f6.3 VR S is Nikon's third long telephoto prime lens specifically designed for compact build and light weight. Ahead of my full review I compare size, weight, features, and MTF-performance in detail with Nikon's other long telephoto lenses.
November 29, 2023, Atul Ingle
IISW2023 special issue paper on well capacity of pinned photodiodesMiyauchi et al from Brillnics and Tohoku University published a paper titled "Analysis of Light Intensity and Charge Holding Time Dependence of Pinned Photodiode Full Well Capacity" in the IISW 2023 special issue of the journal Sensors.
November 24, 2023, Atul Ingle
2024 International SPAD Sensor Workshop Submission Deadline Approaching!The deadline for the 2024 ISSW on December 8, 2023 is fast approaching! Paper submission portal is now open!The 2024 International SPAD Sensor Workshop will be held from 4-6 June 2024 in Trento, Italy.Paper submissionWorkshop papers must be submitted online on Microsoft CMT.
November 20, 2023, Gordon Laing
Voigtlander 50mm f1 Nokton reviewThe Voigtlander 50mm f1 Nokton may have a standard focal length, but the f1 aperture is a whole stop brighter than 1.4 and allows dramatic, buttery bokeh.
November 17, 2023, Gordon Laing
DJI Osmo Pocket 3 reviewThe DJI Osmo Pocket 3 is a compact camera aimed at vloggers and content creators. It continues the concept of previous models, but improves on them in every regard.
November 15, 2023, Atul Ingle
SWIR Vision Systems announces 6 MP SWIR sensor to be released in 2024The sensor is based on quantum dot crystals deposited on silicon. Link: https://www.swirvisionsystems.com/acuros-6-mp-swir-sensor/Acuros® CQD® sensors are fabricated via the deposition of quantum dot semiconductor crystals upon the surface of silicon wafers.
November 11, 2023, Dave
Conference List - April 2024SPIE Photonics Europe - 7-11 Apr 2024 - Strasbourg, France - WebsitePosition Sensitive Neutron Detectors (PSND 24) - 8-11 Apr 2024 - Oxford, UK - Website IEEE Silicon Photonics Conference - 15-18 April 2024 - Hilton Tokyo Bay, Japan - WebsiteCompound Semiconductor International Conference - 16...
November 6, 2023, Thomas
Tamron 70-180mm f2.8 Di III VC G2 reviewThe 70-180mm f2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 is the second generation of Tamron’s small and light telephoto zoom. Designed for Sony’s E-mount mirrorless cameras Tamron added optical image stabilization plus a highly configurable focus set button, custom switch, and focus ring.
November 3, 2023, Atul Ingle
Dr. Robert Henderson's lecture on time-of-flight SPAD cameras Imaging Time: Cameras for the Fourth DimensionAbstractTime is often considered as the fourth dimension, along with the length, width and depth that form the fabric of space-time.
November 2, 2023, Gordon Laing
Canon RF-S 10-18mm f4.5-6.3 review so farThe Canon RF-S 10-18mm f4.5-6.3 IS STM is a compact ultra-wide angle zoom for EOS R cameras with cropped APS-C sensors.
October 30, 2023, Gordon Laing
Canon EOS D30 RETRO reviewThe EOS D30 was the first DSLR built entirely by Canon. Teased in the Year 2000 and sporting 3.25 Megapixels, it was ground-breakingly affordable.
October 30, 2023, Dave
Jobs from 3+ Weeks Ago20235 Nov - 29 Oct - 22 Oct - 15 Oct - 8 Oct - 1 Oct - 23 Sep
October 27, 2023, Atul Ingle
Prophesee announces GenX320 low power event sensor for IoT applicationsPress release: https://prophesee-1.reportablenews.
October 23, 2023, Gordon Laing
Kingnovy 7in mini laptop reviewCan a $200 mini laptop from AliExpress really be the best option for photographers who want to travel light? I find out in my review of the Kingnovy 7in mini laptop!…
October 22, 2023, Dave
Reticon-PerkinElmer-Excelitas DocumentationThis entry covers the progression of products originally developed by Reticon through its acquisition by EG&G (retaining the Reticon name) then EG&G's acquisition of part of PerkinElmer and the PerkinElmer name (Reticon was still applied sporadically as a brand) and finally the spinoff of Pe...
December 6, 2023, Atul Ingle
IISW2023 special issue paper: Small-pitch InGaAs photodiodesIn a new paper titled "Design and Characterization of 5 μm Pitch InGaAs Photodiodes Using In Situ Doping and Shallow Mesa Architecture for SWIR Sensing" Jules Tillement et al. from STMicroelectronics, U.
December 3, 2023, Dave
Job Postings - Week of 3 Dec 2023
Johnson & Johnson
Principal Electrical Engineer –
Vision
Santa Clara, California, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Link
Shenzhen Institute of Advanced
Technology
Faculty positions in Research
Center for Intelligent Biomedical Materials and...
November 30, 2023, Atul Ingle
ISSCC 2024 Advanced Program Now AvailableISSCC will be held Feb 18-22, 2024 in San Francisco, CA. Link to advanced program: https://submissions.mirasmart.com/ISSCC2024/PDF/ISSCC2024AdvanceProgram.pdfThere are several papers of interest in Session 6 on Imagers and Ultrasound. 6.
November 27, 2023, Atul Ingle
Sony announces full-frame global shutter cameraLink: https://www.sony.com/lr/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilce-9m3Sony recently announced a full-frame global shutter camera which was featured in several press articles below:PetaPixel https://petapixel.
November 22, 2023, Atul Ingle
Detecting hidden defects using a single-pixel THz camera Li et al. present a new THz imaging technique for defect detection in a recent paper in the journal Nature Communications. The paper is titled "Rapid sensing of hidden objects and defects using a single-pixel diffractive terahertz sensor".
November 19, 2023, Dave
Job Postings - Week of 19 Nov 2023
onsemi
Principal Process Engineer - CMOS
Image Sensor
Nampa, Idaho, USA
Link
Institute of Photonic Sciences
Post-doctoral position in
development of low-cost CMOS compatible intersubband
optoelectronics
Barcelona, Spain
Link
...
November 16, 2023, Atul Ingle
RADOPT 2023 Nov 29-30 in Toulouse, FranceThe 2023 workshop on Radiation Effects on Optoelectronic Detectors and Photonics Technologies (RADOPT) will be co-organised by CNES, UJM, SODERN, ISAE-SUPAERO AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE, THALES ALENIA SPACE in Touluse, France on November 29 and 30, 2023.
November 13, 2023, Atul Ingle
imec paper on thin film pinned photodiodeKim et al. from imec and coauthors from universities in Belgium and Korea recently published a paper titled "A Thin-Film Pinned-Photodiode Imager Pixel with Fully Monolithic Fabrication and beyond 1Me- Full Well Capacity" in MDPI Sensors.
November 10, 2023, Atul Ingle
EETimes article about imec's new thin film pinned photodiodeFull article: https://www.eetimes.
November 6, 2023, Atul Ingle
ESSCIRC 2023 Lecture on "circuit insights" by Dr. Sara PellegriniIn this invited talk at ESSCIRC 2023, Dr. Pellegrini shares her insights on circuits and sensor design through her research career at Politecnico Milano, Heriot Watt and now at STMicro.
November 2, 2023, Gordon Laing
Canon RF 200-800mm f6.3-9 review so farThe Canon RF 200-800 f6.3-9 IS USM is a super-telephoto zoom for EOS R cameras.
November 1, 2023, Atul Ingle
Image Sensing Topics at Upcoming IEDM 2023 Dec 9-13 in San FranciscoThe 69th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) will be held in San Francisco Dec. 9-13. This year there are three sessions dealing with advanced image sensing topics. You can find summaries of all of these papers by going here (https://submissions.mirasmart.
October 30, 2023, Atul Ingle
Fraunhofer IMS 10th CMOS Imaging Workshop Nov 21-22 in Duisburg, Germanyhttps://www.ims.fraunhofer.de/en/Newsroom/Fairs-and-events/10th-cmos-imaging-workshop.
October 29, 2023, Dave
Conference List - March 202420th Annual Device Packaging Conference - 18-21 Mar 2024 - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - Website Image Sensors Europe - 20-21 Mar 2024 - London, UK - WebsiteLaser World of Photonics China - 20-22 Mar 2024 - Shanghai, China - WebsiteReturn to Conference List Index
October 26, 2023, Atul Ingle
Omnivision's new sensor for security camerasOMNIVISION Announces New 4K2K Resolution Image Sensor for Home and Professional Security Cameras The OS08C10 is a high-performance 8MP resolution, small-form-factor image sensor with on-chip staggered and DAG HDR technology, designed to produce superb video/image quality in challenging lighting...
October 23, 2023, Atul Ingle
Gpixel introduces 5MP and 12MP MIPI-enabled CISGpixel adds MIPI-enabled 5 MP and 12 MP NIR Global Shutter image sensors to popular GMAX familyOctober 18, 2023, Changchun, China: Gpixel announces the pin-compatible GMAX3405 andGMAX3412 CMOS image sensors - both based on a high-performance 3.
October 18, 2023, Atul Ingle
Galaxycore announces dual analog gain HDR CISPress release: https://en.gcoreinc.com/news/detail-66GalaxyCore Unveils Industry's First DAG Single-Frame HDR 13Megapixels CIS2023.08.11GalaxyCore has officially launched the industry's first 13megapixels image sensor with Single-Frame High Dynamic Range (HDR) capability – the GC13A2.
December 5, 2023, Atul Ingle
Sony announces new 5MP SWIR sensor IMX992Product page: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/products/is/industry/swir/imx992-993.html Press release: https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/news/2023/2023112901.htmlSony Semiconductor Solutions to Release SWIR Image Sensor for Industrial Applications with Industry-Leading 5.
December 1, 2023, Atul Ingle
Prophesee event sensor in 2023 VLSI symposiumSchon et al from Prophesee published a paper titled "A 320 x 320 1/5" BSI-CMOS stacked event sensor for low-power vision applications" in the 2023 VLSI symposium. This paper presents some technical details about their recently announced GenX320 sensor.
November 30, 2023, Gordon Laing
Sony A9 III review so farThe Sony Alpha 9 III is a supremely quick 24 MP full-frame camera, with a global shutter that allows 120fps bursts, flash sync up to 1/80,000 and photos and videos that are free from distortion.
November 26, 2023, Dave
Job Postings - Week of 26 Nov 2023Apple
Hardware Sensing Systems Engineer
Cupertino, California, USA
Link
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena
2 PhD scholarships in Optics
& Photonics
Jena, Germany
Link
Rice University
Open Rank Faculty Position in
Advanced Mate...
November 20, 2023, Atul Ingle
A 400 kilopixel resolution superconducting cameraOripov et al. from NIST and JPL recently published a paper titled "A superconducting nanowire single-photon camera with 400,000 pixels" in Nature.
November 19, 2023, Dave
Conference List - May 2024Robotics Summit & Expo - 1-2 May 2024 - Boston, Massachusetts, USA - WebsiteCLEO - Congress on Lasers and Electro-Optics - 5-10 May 2024 - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - WebsiteAutomate - 6-9 May 2024 - Detroit, Michigan, USA - Website8th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Tec...
November 15, 2023, Atul Ingle
Acuros announces 6 MP SWIR Sensor to be released in 2024The sensor is based on quantum dot crystals deposited on silicon. Link: https://www.swirvisionsystems.com/acuros-6-mp-swir-sensor/Acuros® CQD® sensors are fabricated via the deposition of quantum dot semiconductor crystals upon the surface of silicon wafers.
November 12, 2023, Dave
Job Postings - Week of 12 Nov 2023
EPIR Technologies
MBE Growth Postdoctoral Fellow
Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA
Link
Apple
Camera Image Sensor Digital
Design Engineer
Cupertino, California, USA
Link
Validation & Engineering
Group
Process Development ...
November 8, 2023, Atul Ingle
onsemi announces Hyperlux low power CIS for smart homePress release: https://www.onsemi.
November 5, 2023, Dave
Job Postings - Week of 5 Nov 2023
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Imager Characterization Engineer
Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Link
Forza Silicon
Director, Business Development
Pasadena, California, USA
Link
ASML
Co-op - Optical Sensor System
Wilton, Con...
November 2, 2023, Gordon Laing
Canon RF 24-105mm f2.8L IS USM Z review so farThe Canon RF 24-105 f2.8L IS USM Z is a high-end zoom aimed at those who shoot photos and video. It looks set to be be popular at events and weddings. Here's my review so far.
October 31, 2023, Atul Ingle
Metalenz announces polarization sensor for face IDPress release: https://metalenz.
October 30, 2023, Dave
Job Postings - Week of 29 Oct 2023
PRADCO Outdoor Brands
Electrical Engineer
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Link
Karl Storz
Electronics Component Engr IV
Goleta, California, USA
Link
Omnivision
Staff Process Integration
Engineer
Santa Clara, Calif...
October 29, 2023, Dave
Conference List - March 20245th workshop on Image Sensors for Precision Astronomy (ISPA) - 12-14 March 2024 - Menlo Park, California, USA - Website20th Annual Device Packaging Conference - 18-21 Mar 2024 - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - Website Image Sensors Europe - 20-21 Mar 2024 - London, UK - WebsiteLaser World of Photoni...
October 25, 2023, Atul Ingle
Sony introduces IMX900 stacked CISSony Semiconductor Solutions to Launch 1/3-Type-Lens-Compatible, 3.
October 22, 2023, Dave
Job Postings - Week of 22 Oct 2023 A few interesting samples:
Onsemi
Principal Product Engineer
Meridian, Idaho, USA
Link
Sony
Image Sensor Device/Pixel
Research & Development
Atsugi, Japan
Link
Quantum-Si
Engineering Technician
Branford,...
