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Samsung Develops 8.4-Megapixel CMOS Sensor for Camera Phones
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By Allen Tsai | Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:05 am |
Samsung Electronics today announced an 8.4-megapixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1.4umpixel design at Samsung's fourth annual Mobile Solution Forum.
The new CIS chip provides a high signal to noise ratio (SNR), a key measure of overall image quality. Samsung achieved the high-resolution level by implementing advanced light sensing features and minimized noise levels. Notably, an extended photo diode technology was implemented to achieve higher light sensitivity and saturation levels, resulting in an enhanced fill factor.Furthermore, it provides the same image quality as the charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensors currently used in most digital cameras and camcorders. Since the new CIS only uses one-tenth the power of a CCD image sensor, it should quickly replace CCDs in all three key applications-mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders. The CIS product line of System LSI Division is one of the five major product areas that Samsung has been focusing on to enhance and balance the company's overall competitiveness. Samsung's present portfolio of CIS technology spans across the range of 1.3- through 5.0-megapixel resolutions with the 8-megapixel CIS expected to be available in the second half of this year. The CIS market is expected to show high demand for high-resolution devices. The current outlook toward 2009 shows a compound annual growth rate of over 90 percent for 3.0-megapixel and higher resolution devices over a four-year term from 2006 through 2009.
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:41 pm | By
Apple may shift litigation strategies, attacking the process of "copying" rather than products, after losing a critical patent battle to Samsung in Germany, raising questions of the iPad maker's costly and aggressive tactics.
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Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:09 pm | By
Samsung's ultra-slim Galaxy S3's sleeker design and other rumored features could directly compete with Apple's iPhone 5 when released this spring.
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Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:53 am | By
Apple is widening its patent case against Samsung in Australia, suggesting the lawsuit between the two competitors is going to intensify before any resolution.
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Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:00 pm | By
Samsung will delay the release of the Galaxy S3 smartphone until later this year, banking on the success of current offerings to produce strong sales well into 2012.
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Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:21 pm | By
The European Commission is investigating whether Samsung's use of patents to sue Apple breaks EU antitrust rules, a development that may put the company's expanding cases and other companies' court actions in jeopardy.
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