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    An active-pixel sensor (APS) is an image sensor, which was invented by Peter J.W. Noble in 1968, where each pixel sensor unit cell has a photodetector...
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  • of electronic image sensors are the charge-coupled device (CCD) and the active-pixel sensor (CMOS sensor). Both CCD and CMOS sensors are based on...
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    noise measured in volts by the conversion gain of the pixel. This is given, for an active pixel sensor, by the voltage at the input (gate) of the read transistor...
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    A monolithic active pixel sensor (MAPS) is a type of CMOS active-pixel sensor optimized for detection of the ionizing radiation rather than the visible...
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    broadcasting. The MOS active-pixel sensor (APS) was developed by Tsutomu Nakamura at Olympus in 1985. The CMOS active-pixel sensor was later developed by...
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  • detectors are typically built as either a monolithic active pixel sensor (MAPS) or as a hybrid pixel array detector (PAD). A MAPS detector consists of a...
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    Photodiode (redirect from Solar sensor)
    sensor (PPS) is a type of photodiode array. It was the precursor to the active-pixel sensor (APS). A passive-pixel sensor consists of passive pixels which...
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    with the current models including the Pixel 9a, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The Pixel brand also includes laptop and tablet...
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    Photodetector (redirect from Pixel sensor)
    the porous glass substrate acting as a dynode stage Active-pixel sensors (APSs) are image sensors. Usually made in a complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor...
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  • then, the PPD has been used in nearly all CCD sensors and then CMOS sensors. The NMOS active-pixel sensor (APS) was invented by Olympus in Japan during...
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    technology. The NMOS active-pixel sensor was later invented at Olympus in 1985, which led to the development of the CMOS active-pixel sensor at NASA's Jet Propulsion...
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  • fabricated by Tsutomu Nakamura's team at Olympus in 1985. The CMOS active-pixel sensor (CMOS sensor) was later developed by Eric Fossum's team at the NASA Jet...
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    fabricated by Tsutomu Nakamura's team at Olympus in 1985. The CMOS active-pixel sensor (CMOS sensor) was later developed by Eric Fossum's team at the NASA Jet...
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    NMOS active-pixel sensor was later invented by Tsutomu Nakamura's team at Olympus in 1985, which led to the development of the CMOS active-pixel sensor (CMOS...
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  • sensing circuitry may be implemented using charge-coupled devices, active pixel sensor circuits, or any other light sensing mechanism. The image processing...
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  • information captured by the image sensor, the output pixels could be formatted differently based on the active pixel format. For several digital cameras...
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  • then, the PPD has been used in nearly all CCD sensors and then CMOS sensors. The NMOS active-pixel sensor (APS) was invented by Olympus in Japan during...
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    Trends. Retrieved 19 February 2023. Early Pixel 6a users report big security issue with the fingerprint sensor Pixel 6a’s fingerprint scanner seems to have...
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    Excellence. In 1990s, Bedabrata Pain was part of a team that invented the active pixel sensor technology that produced the world's smallest camera and has been...
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    16-megapixel sensor; both sensors are shared with the Pixel 4a (5G). The front-facing camera uses an 8-megapixel sensor. Along with the Pixel 4a (5G), it...
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    features optical image stabilization, an AF Illuminator, an 18.2MP BSI Active pixel sensor and has customizable settings. The camera has a pop-up OLED electronic...
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    over the next two decades. The CCD was followed by the CMOS active-pixel sensor (CMOS sensor), developed in the 1990s. Beginning in the late 1980s, Sony...
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    microbolometers as FPA sensors. Their resolution is considerably lower than that of optical cameras, mostly 160×120 or 320×240 pixels, and up to 1280 × 1024...
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  • Occupancy sensor Proximity sensor Passive infrared sensor Reed switch Stud finder Triangulation sensor Touch switch Wired glove Active pixel sensor Back-illuminated...
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  • entirely electronic devices using an image sensor (e.g. a charge-coupled device (CCD) or a MOS active pixel sensor (APS)), typically recording over 1 000...
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    descriptions of camera sensors), pixel refers to a single scalar element of a multi-component representation (called a photosite in the camera sensor context, although...
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    image sensors indicate the instantaneous intensity with each event. The DAVIS (Dynamic and Active-pixel Vision Sensor) contains a global shutter active pixel...
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    is the stacked CMOS sensor, which layers the circuitry and image signal processor (ISP) behind the pixels, allowing the active pixel to occupy even more...
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    each color into a separate charge-coupled device (CCD) or Active pixel sensor (CMOS image sensor) mounted to the face of each prism. Some high-end consumer...
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  • award-winning American engineer who co-developed some of the active pixel image sensor with intra-pixel charge transfer, with the help of other scientists from...
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