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Fujifilm maximizes charge-coupled device’s 0.35-µm, two-metal, double-poly process One of the fastest-growing consumer product segments is the digital still camera (DSC) market. Digital sales exceeded film camera sales a few years ago, and a number of manufacturers have stopped film camera production entirely. DSC sales were 77 million in 2004 and are projected to be about 100 million in 2005, according to Future Image. Of course, those figures are eclipsed by expected camera-phone sales of close to 500 million in 2005, but that is arguably a different market. Within the DSC market, there is a split in imaging technology between the two types of image sensors: charge-coupled devices (CCDs) and CMOS imagers. CMOS technology is taking over the low-cost end, while CCDs still dominate at the high end, although not exclusively. Canon has a number of high-end models using CMOS imagers, including the EOS
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Video Cameras
Video cameras record live-action scenes that are available for viewing via a stored or transmitted video feed. This allows the user to create a permanent and detailed chronicle of events. Video cameras record dozens of pictures (or frames) a second that when viewed in succession, clearly distinguish the translation of an object or person over time.
CMOS Image Sensors
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors operate at lower voltages than CCDs, reducing power consumption for portable applications. Analog and digital processing functions can be integrated readily onto the CMOS chip, reducing system package size and overall cost.
Scientific Imagers
Scientific imagers are high resolution systems used to capture moving or still images.
CCD Cameras
CCD (couple-charged device) cameras are a type of image capture device that utilize an image sensor to register visible light as a recordable electronic signal to visually archive captured stills and video. Of the three types of digital cameras (the others being CMOS and CID), CCD cameras are the most developed and commonly used.
CID Cameras
CID (charge injection devices) cameras are a type of video camera employing image sensors that retain registered visible light until the sensor's pixels are ground, or ‘injected', into a substrate. This makes them functionally different than other more common digital cameras. CID cameras mainly find service in industrial and scientific applications.
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