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December 7, 2004, Santa Clara, CA--IC Media Corporation, a leading developer of CMOS image sensors, today announced the successful development of the industry's first CMOS image sensors using a 2.575 x 2.575 micron pixel. These devices were developed using an extension of IC Media's proprietary EmeraldPixel architecture, which offers an industry-leading 25-degree acceptance angle.

"With a pixel size of only 2.575 microns, we now have a platform to create 3, 4 and 5 megapixel sensors for camera modules in form factors ideal for widespread proliferation in camera phones," said Richard Char, president and CEO, IC Media. The sensors incorporate certain optical enhancement technologies to improve quantum efficiency. "We were able to shrink the sensor by more than 40%, while maintaining excellent sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio," said Dr. Chen Feng, vice president of optics at IC Media.

The sensor was manufactured at UMC (Sunnyvale, CA) using their most advanced CMOS image sensor process.

Tue Dec 07 07:38:00 CST 2004

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