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Imec will be displaying its short-wave infrared image sensors based on thin-film photodiode pixel stacks
Matthew Dale finds that new sensor technologies based on quantum dots are set to bring down the cost of shortwave infrared imaging
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The Moon landing was 50 years old in 2019. Zeiss lenses were used to capture this image
The best of 2019
23 December 2019
The last year has been one of consolidation for the machine vision industry, along with a slowdown in the markets that machine vision serves
The sensor of SWIR Vision Systems' Acuros CQD 1920 camera
Saving on SWIR
19 December 2019
Matthew Dale finds that new sensor technologies based on quantum dots are set to bring down the cost of shortwave infrared imaging
Imec lowers infrared cost with monolithic quantum dot IR sensor
24 October 2019
Imec says the new production method promises an order of magnitude gain in fabrication throughput and cost compared to processing conventional infrared imagers
Test image at 940nm
Building low-cost infrared sensors with sub-micron films
21 May 2019
Imec is working to industrialise thin-film photodetector stacks on CMOS in order to fabricate low-cost infrared image sensors, as the Belgian institute’s Dr Paweł Malinowski explains
Maximising multispectral
27 March 2018
After presenting at Image Sensors Europe in London, Dr Piet De Moor, senior business development manager, imagers at Imec, discusses a multispectral time delay and integration image sensor based on CCD-in-CMOS technology
Imec launches SWIR hyperspectral camera at Photonics West
7 February 2018
Imec, the Belgian research hub, has shown its first shortwave infrared hyperspectral imaging camera at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco
Snapscan
16 February 2017
Imec has introduced the Snapscan camera, a platform that combines good signal-to-noise ratio with the spatial and spectral resolution advantages of line-scan hyperspectral imaging technology
Photonics West showcases new image sensor technology
8 February 2017
Nano-electronics research centre, Imec, has shown a prototype of a multispectral TDI imager based on its CCD-in-CMOS technology at SPIE Photonics West
Machine vision at Photonics West
2 February 2017
Imaging technology is on display at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, an event focusing on photonics technologies
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