Basic principles of image sensors
Historical summary
Some key dates:
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1970: CCD (Bell Labs)
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1974: Sensor 100 x 100 pixels (Fairchild)
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Sensitivity: IR and Visible
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1993: Sensor CMOS (NASA JPL)
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2000: Sensor 7186 x 9216 pixels (Philips)
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Sensitivity: IR, Visible, X
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2007: CCD sensor 9216 x 9216 pixels
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2007: CMOS sensor SA1: 5400 fr/s for 1Mpixel (Photron)
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2009: Dalsa sensor for Mamiya : 22Mpixels for 36x48mm
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2009: Photron sensor SA5 : 5400fr/s for 1Mpixel... in colors