Home > News > InVisage Quantum Dot–Based Camera Sensors: How They Work
April 14th, 2010
InVisage Quantum Dot–Based Camera Sensors: How They Work
Abstract:
Effectively. the technology works by suspending very small "quantum dots"--tiny semiconductors that absorb light and emit electrons--within a special polymer film. The film, which looks completely black, is then "spun" or painted on top of a traditional CMOS wafer.
What makes this different from current sensor technology is that the film captures all the light that hits the top of the chip in a layer only 500 nanometers thick; and it can send light directly to the silicon chip, according to the company. This is opposed to a conventional CMOS image sensor, where light typically has to pass through layers with metal connections before it hits a photo detector, which blocks out about half the photons.
Source:
pcmag.com
Bookmark:
Chip Technology
Which qubit my dear? New method to distinguish between neighbouring quantum bits June 18th, 2013
SEMATECH to Address Critical Supply Chain Challenges and Present Latest Technology Advances at SEMICON West 2013 June 17th, 2013
Imec shows multiple enhancement options for next-generation FinFETs: Leading nano-electronics R&D center addresses key challenges of Germanium finFET technology at VLSI 2013 June 14th, 2013
Imec showcases innovation in RRAM R&D at VLSI Technology Symposium June 14th, 2013
Nanoelectronics
Imec presents 4K2K CMOS image sensor together with Panasonic: The co-developed imager sensor chip targets high speed, high resolution imaging applications such as next generation HDTV June 18th, 2013
Imec shows multiple enhancement options for next-generation FinFETs: Leading nano-electronics R&D center addresses key challenges of Germanium finFET technology at VLSI 2013 June 14th, 2013
Controlling magnetic clouds in graphene June 14th, 2013
Spot-welding graphene nanoribbons atom by atom June 13th, 2013
Quantum Dots/Rods
New quantum dot technique combines best of optical and electron microscopy June 12th, 2013
CNSE Welcomes Record Number of Students, Majority of Whom are New Yorkers, for Prestigious Summer Internship Program June 12th, 2013
Perfectly doped quantum dots yield colors to dye for May 11th, 2013
Researchers use graphene quantum dots to detect humidity and pressure May 8th, 2013
Photonics/Optics/Lasers
Data Highways for Quantum Information June 13th, 2013
Polymer structures serve as 'nanoreactors' for nanocrystals with uniform sizes, shapes: Tiny chemistry June 11th, 2013
Catching individual molecules in a million with optical antennas inside nano-boxes June 10th, 2013
Whispering light hears liquids talk: University of Illinois researchers build first-ever bridge between optomechanics and microfluidics June 7th, 2013
New-Contracts/Sales/Customers
Harris & Harris Group Notes the Sale of a Second D-Wave Quantum Computer May 16th, 2013
Industrial Nanotech Announces 3300 Gallon Nansulate(R) Crystal Order - First of Five Orders Expected to Total Over 15,000 Gallons May 13th, 2013
Robert Bosch GmbH places order for SolMateS' Pulsed Laser Deposition system March 1st, 2013
JPK reports on the applied research of Ioan Notingher at the University of Nottingham using AFM and the Tip Assisted Optics module to study individual nanotubes and fibrils. February 27th, 2013