(Charge-Coupled Device sensor) An electronic memory that records the intensity of light as a variable charge. Although mostly replaced by CMOS sensors to capture images in cameras, camcorders and ...

Many of the characteristics that engineers look for in machine-vision cameras are determined by the image sensor at the heart of that camera. High-quality images, high resolution, high frame rates, ...

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has launched " TCD2400DG," a lens-reduction type [1] CCD [2] linear image sensor developed expressly for line scan cameras [3] used in ...

According to CEFCA, JPCam is the definitive scientific instrument of the OAJ JST/T250 telescope, designed to perform large sky surveys. JPCam is the second largest astronomical camera in the world, ...

ON Semiconductor has released its highest resolution Interline Transfer CCD image sensor, which provides high resolution without sacrificing image uniformity and global shutter architecture, the ...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 with one half to Charles K. Kao, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese ...

George E. Smith, one of the co-inventors of the CCD sensor, passed away on May 28th at his home in Waretown, New Jersey. The Washington Post reports that his death was confirmed by his son, Carson ...

Ever wondered how the CMOS and CCD image sensors inside cameras work? Well, these neat animations byRaymond Sirí do a great job of explaining it. The animations show the basics of how the two sensor ...

Charge Coupled Device (CCD) digital cameras are everywhere these days, but it is hard to design a very high performing camera that works no matter where or when the user wants to use it. Optimizing a ...

Toshiba: “TCD2400DG,” a lens-reduction type CCD linear image sensor developed expressly for line scan cameras used in visual inspections. Image inspection equipment that integrates line scan cameras, ...