Matsushita develops hybrid CCD/CMOS sensor [for digital imaging]

Dyre Straits · Feb 18, 2004, 03:31 PM

"TOKYO — Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., has announced an image sensor architecture that features advantages of both CCD and CMOS sensors.
Maicovicon consumes less power consumption than a charge couple device and exhibits higher quality image than a CMOS sensor.

Maicovicon will be available in 1.3 Megapixel and 2 Megapixel versions with a pixel size of 2.8 mm square. The 1.3 Megapixel sensor occupies an area of diagonal length of 4.5mm for a 1/4-inch optical system while the 2-Megapixel sensor has a 5.6mm diagonal length for a 1/3-inch optical system.

The photosensitive area in each pixel is about three times larger than that of CMOS sensors and almost equal to that of CCD sensors."

By Yoshiko Hara
EE Times

Article here

Source: EE Times

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Dyre Straits HH Old Fuddy Duddy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 14,201 Rep Power: 216 System Specs	Matsushita develops hybrid CCD/CMOS sensor [for digital imaging] "TOKYO — Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., has announced an image sensor architecture that features advantages of both CCD and CMOS sensors. Maicovicon consumes less power consumption than a charge couple device and exhibits higher quality image than a CMOS sensor. Maicovicon will be available in 1.3 Megapixel and 2 Megapixel versions with a pixel size of 2.8 mm square. The 1.3 Megapixel sensor occupies an area of diagonal length of 4.5mm for a 1/4-inch optical system while the 2-Megapixel sensor has a 5.6mm diagonal length for a 1/3-inch optical system. The photosensitive area in each pixel is about three times larger than that of CMOS sensors and almost equal to that of CCD sensors." By Yoshiko Hara EE Times Article here Source: EE Times