Image Sensor: Sony losing market share
BusinessWire. Strategy Analytics publishes the report “Smartphone Image Sensor Market Share Q4 2020: Sony Takes Top Spot But Sees Drop in Share:” “The global smartphone Image sensor market recorded total…
LiDAR Technologies and Companies Survey
This is an ongoing survey to summarize the Lidar Technologies and Companies. First, the summary view of technology. Second, the choice of popular LiDAR technology is shown below. Third, the…
Camera Module: Ofilm vs. Sunny
Leading China-based smartphone vendors are likely to adopt entry-level ToF 3D-sensing technology for rear cameras of new models to be launched in 2H21, according to Digitimes. These vendors are expected…
Apple LIDAR Demystified: SPAD, VCSEL, and Fusion…
Figure 1. Apple’s promotion of DTOF This article analyzes Apple’s LiDAR sensor and the technologies behind it. First, this article discusses the following: dToF principle, receiver (RX), illumination (TX), and…
Camera: CIS Color Filter and Micro Lens Array Explained by VisEra
Color Filter and Micro Lens Array CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) is an imaging device that performs the role of an electronic film in digital photography equipments. VisEra’s CIS products are used…
Camera: Samsung ISOCELL GN2 and 50MP Sensor with All-Pixel Split-PD AF
Samsung has announced a successor to the ISOCELL GN1, called the ISOCELL GN2. This is a 50MP sensor as well, but it offers a larger sensor size (1/1.12”) and bigger…
Camera Trend: Samsung Mobile Camera BOM Reaches $83 !
IFNews quotes UBS report with comparison of Samsung smartphone cameras over the years. The price of the camera grows steadily to $83 so far: The perceived importance of the smartphone…
Lidar Market: >$556B by 2026
Lidar ranging methods can be divided into Time of Flight (ToF) and FMCW ranging methods based on coherent detection, and triangulation ranging methods. ToF and FMCW can achieve remote measurement…
Camera: LGIT, Samsung and Market Trend
LG Innotek, a subsidiary of LG Group, is planning to invest KRW547.8B (~USD0.5B), to increase the output of Apple iPhone camera modules. It will use the funds to expand the…
3D: Coherent 3D Imager
A Nature paper “A universal 3D imaging sensor on a silicon photonics platform” by Christopher Rogers, Alexander Y. Piggott, David J. Thomson, Robert F. Wiser, Ion E. Opris, Steven A.…