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ON Semi Director of Business Development of SensL Division Bahman Hadji publishes a video "Which Wavelength Will Prevail for Automotive LiDAR – The Great Debate."
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ON Semi Director of Business Development of SensL Division Bahman Hadji publishes a video "Which Wavelength Will Prevail for Automotive LiDAR – The Great Debate."
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ON Semi Director of Business Development of SensL Division Bahman Hadji publishes a video "Which Wavelength Will Prevail for Automotive LiDAR – The Great Debate."
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JoongAng 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.
The reason Samsung Electronics is converting its DRAM line to image sensor is that it is building a large-scale new DRAM production facility at the Pyeongtaek plant. The Pyeongtaek plant will mass-produce the 4th generation 10-nano class (1a) DRAM using the EUV process from next year. Due to the massive increase in DRAM production capacity, Hwaseong Line 11, which made 20-nano or higher-class DRAM, will be converted into an image sensor for line efficiency.
The newspaper says that (in Microsoft translation) "Sony is still more of ahead in its optical ability to convert light into images. Apple and Huawei have been using Sony products instead of using Samsung image sensors."
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As 2020 nears its end, there was a number of image sensor companies acquisitions:
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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 51.38 billion yuan ($7.86 billion), an increase of 21.12 billion yuan over the last year. Compared with 2017, the value has increased by nearly 15 times.
On May 4, 2017, at IPO time, the stock price of Will Semi shares was 7 yuan. On December 25 this year, the stock price of Weir shares was 220 yuan, with a total market value of 190.872 billion. The stock price has increased by more than 30 times in 3.5 years.
Will Semi shares have become a "dark horse" with a market value of 100 billion, thanks to the "snake swallowing elephant" acquisition of Beijing Omnivision. It is worth mentioning that in 2018, when Will Semi decided to acquire Omnivision at a price of 13 billion yuan, Omnivision's total assets were almost 5 times that of Will's and its net assets were nearly 8 times.
Renrong Yu has graduated from Radio Department of Tsinghua University in 1990. He belongs to the group of alumni of this University that many Chinese semiconductor executives originating from. The incomplete list includes Zhao Lixin, founder of Galaxycore Microelectronics, Zhao Weiguo, founder of Tsinghua Unigroup, Shu Qingming, one of the founders of GigaDevice, Feng Chenhui, co-founder of Maxscend Microelectronics, and Zhao Lidong, founder of Enflame Technology, all studied at Tsinghua University Radio Department in 1985-1990.
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I 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.Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
I 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.Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
Global TCAD Solutions GmbH, a spin-off from Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria, presents its tools for CIS pixel simulations:Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
IEEE TED publishes an open access paper "An Over 120 dB Single Exposure Wide Dynamic Range CMOS Image Sensor With Two-Stage Lateral Overflow Integration Capacitor" by Yasuyuki Fujihara, Maasa Murata, Shota Nakayama, Rihito Kuroda, and Shigetoshi Sugawa from Tohoku University. It appears to be a version of an earlier EI 2020 paper.Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
Sony publishes an article about Taku Umebayashi who has been awarded by Medal with Purple Ribbon, one of the medals of honor granted by the Japanese government in April 2020. He also received a number of other awards:Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
Sony publishes an article about Taku Umebayashi who has been awarded by Medal with Purple Ribbon, one of the medals of honor granted by the Japanese government in April 2020. He also received a number of other awards:Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
Analog Devices unveils what appears to be the first fruit of cooperation with Microsoft ToF group (former Canesta). The ADSD3100 sensor targets smartphones, AR/VR systems, and machine vision applications in logistics, inventory, industrial, and consumer fields.
The new sensor features:
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BrightWay Imaging publishes its presentation at Autosens Brussels this year:Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
IFNews quotes Credit Suisse market report saying that "nearly all 5G smartphones hitting the market continue to feature at least 3 cameras. However, the ratio of quad-camera models has declined (from 62% in Apr–Jun 2020 to 45% in Jul–Sep 2020), while the ratio of triple-camera models has risen (from 38% to 50%). This is because shipments of mid-market smartphones increased. Quad-cam products continue to account for a high proportion of sales in the premium segment (USD800 models and above). In addition, the quad-cam ratio is still rising for 4G and earlier generation smartphones."Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
CnTechPost, GizChina, InfNews, Huawei: Huawei announces its first automotive LiDAR product. Few key points from the announcement:
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Australian National University paper "Event Camera Calibration of Per-pixel Biased Contrast Threshold" by Ziwei Wang, Yonhon Ng, Pieter van Goor, and Robert Mahony discusses pixel mismatch issues in event-driven cameras:
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Melexis publishes a video on its Autosens-Detroit presentation ofToF in-cabin monitoring camera in BMW cars:Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
BusinessWire: San Francisco-based LiDAR startup Ouster is said to close a deal to go public at a about $1.9B valuation through a merger with SPAC Colonnade Acquisition Corp. Up to now, Ouster has raised $142M in the previous investment rounds.
The new transaction is expected to provide up to $300M in gross proceeds, comprised of Colonnade Acquisition Corp.’s $200M of cash held in trust and a $100M fully committed common stock PIPE.
The company's Investor Presentation talks about its LiDAR sales and forecasts:
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The next International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW) is going to be an on-line event on Sept. 20-24, 2021. The First Call for Papers has been published on International Image Sensor Society web site:
"The 2021 International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW) provides a biennial opportunity to present innovative work in the area of solid-state image sensors and share new results with the image sensor community. Now in its 35th year, the workshop is intended for image sensor technologists; in order to encourage attendee interaction and a shared experience, attendance is limited, with strong acceptance preference given to workshop presenters. As is its tradition, the 2021 workshop will emphasize an open exchange of information among participants.
Submission of abstracts:
An abstract should consist of a single page of maximum 500-words text with up to two pages of illustrations, and include authors’ name(s) and affiliation, mailing address, telephone and e-mail address. The deadline for abstract submission is April 17th, 2021 (CST).
Please visit http://imagesensors.org/CFP2021 for the abstract and paper submission procedures.
Abstracts will be considered on the basis of originality and quality. High quality papers on work in progress are also welcome. Abstracts will be reviewed confidentially by the Technical Program Committee and the IISS Board.
Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their abstract by June 3th, 2021.
Final-form 4-page paper submission date is August 6th, 2021.
Presentation material submission date is September 13th, 2021.
Location and format:
The IISW 2021 is planned to be held Sept 20-24th. Given the outlook of the pandemic situation and related travel restrictions, the workshop is expected to be an online event, which will be supported by several initiatives to preserve its interactive and open atmosphere. The workshop will not be delayed: in any case the selected papers will be presented in September 2021. More details on the format will be provided in February 2021 with the final call for papers."
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Royal Society of Chemistry publishes "A review of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) based photodetectors: from ultra-broadband, selfpowered to flexible devices" by Hari Singh Nalwa from Advanced Technology Research, CA.
"Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs) have attracted much attention in the field of optoelectronics due to their tunable bandgaps, strong interaction with light and tremendous capability for developing diverse van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) with other materials. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) atomic layers which exhibit high carrier mobility and optical transparency are very suitable for developing ultra-broadband photodetectors to be used from surveillance and healthcare to optical communication. This review provides a brief introduction to TMD-based photodetectors, exclusively focused on MoS2-based photodetectors. The current research advances show that the photoresponse of atomic layered MoS2 can be significantly improved by boosting its charge carrier mobility and incident light absorption via forming MoS2 based plasmonic nanostructures, halide perovskites–MoS2 heterostructures, 2D–0D MoS2/quantum dots (QDs) and 2D–2D MoS2 hybrid vdWHs, chemical doping, and surface functionalization of MoS2 atomic layers. By utilizing these different integration strategies, MoS2 hybrid heterostructure-based photodetectors exhibited remarkably high photoresponsivity raging from mA W^−1 up to 1010 A W^−1, detectivity from 1e7 to 1e15 Jones and a photoresponse time from seconds (s) to nanoseconds (1e−9 s), varying by several orders of magnitude from deep-ultraviolet (DUV) to the long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) region. The flexible photodetectors developed from MoS2-based hybrid heterostructures with graphene, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), TMDs, and ZnO are also discussed. In addition, strain-induced and self-powered MoS2 based photodetectors have also been summarized. The factors affecting the figure of merit of a very wide range of MoS2-based photodetectors have been analyzed in terms of their photoresponsivity, detectivity, response speed, and quantum efficiency along with their measurement wavelengths and incident laser power densities. Conclusions and the future direction are also outlined on the development of MoS2 and other 2D TMD-based photodetectors."
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University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France, publishes a paper "A High Dynamic Range High Speed Pixel Operating at 100 Million Frames Per Second" by Mathieu Hugoud, Wilfried Uhring, Jean-Baptiste Kammerer, and Jean-Bapstiste Schell presented at 2020 18th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS).
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Arxiv.org paper "An Overview of Depth Cameras and Range Scanners Based on Time-of-Flight Technologies" by Radu Horaud, Miles Hansard, Georgios Evangelidis, and Clement Menier from INRIA Grenoble, Queen Mary University of London, and 4D View Solutions mostly repeats 2016 paper published by Springer.Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
Intel presents a new addition to its EVO PC platform:
"A new platform addition we’re excited to unveil today is the Intel Visual Sensing Controller (codenamed “Clover Falls”), a secure companion chip that helps make PCs more smart and secure through the power of Intel artificial intelligence. This companion module will first arrive in commercial systems, bringing new low-power capabilities to the PC and helping it sense and adapt to its surroundings. For example, the module could help the system automatically adjust display brightness after detecting user presence."
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EI 2021 will be held on-line and span over two weeks from January 18 to 28. The Image Sensors and Systems track features 10 image sensor papers, 4 of them come from Samsung. Out of these 4 papers, two are devoted to under-display smartphone cameras:
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Globenewswire: Advantest launches a new high-speed CMOS image capture module for its T2000 test platform that enables parallel, 64-site testing of both D-PHY and C-PHY devices for the smart phone market. The new T2000 4.8-Gbps CMOS image capture module, known as the 4.8GICAP, is designed to efficiently transfer data from CIS to the T2000 tester’s image processor engine (IPE). It is the first mass-produced test solution to achieve a maximum data rate of 3.5 Gsps for C-PHY version 1.2 devices as well as the industry’s fastest capture speed of 4.8 Gbps for D-PHY version 2.1 devices.
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Corning publishes a white paper "Improving iris recognition with liquid lens technology." The main highlights are:
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AIP Applied Physics Letters publishes Oregon State University paper "A perovskite retinomorphic sensor" by Cinthya Trujillo Herrera and John G. Labrama.Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
ON Semi video by Sergey Velichko presents the company's automotive HDR sensors:
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AutonmouStuff publishes Velodyne webinar explaining its new Velarray H800 operation:Image Sensors World Go to the original article...
BusinessWire: AIStorm has closed $16M in a Series B financing round from strategic investors that include AsusTek, Egis Technology, Knowles Corporation, Meyer Corporation, and Senvest Management, a New York-based venture capital firm. In 2019, AIStorm raised $13.2M in Round A funding.
“AIStorm’s approach is the only technology that allows the sensor to couple directly to popular convolutional neural networks. This allows AIStorm to deliver true, template-based ‘always-on’ at the edge—at prices that deep-submicron digital competitors cannot match for the same performance. This is a winning formula in the highly competitive IoT sector,” said David Schie, CEO of AIStorm.
AIStorm’s charge-domain processing is said to accept charge directly from the sensor, such as electrons from a pixel, and multiplies that charge directly. AIStorm’s partners benefit from an AI-at-the-edge technology that is scalable, offers MAC efficiencies up to several thousand TOPS per watt, and works with conventional tool flows.
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