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Samsung unveils smallest-ever 200-megapixel image sensor for smartphones at CES 2026

Samsung Semiconductor opened CES 2026 with a major imaging milestone, unveiling the ISOCELL HP5, the smallest 200-megapixel ...
EDN

Methods to extend the dynamic range of CMOS Active Pixel Sensors

The dynamic range of a scene is usually higher than the dynamic range of the sensor used to acquire the image. Design optimizations must be found that increase the intra-scene dynamic range a sensor ...
Nanowerk

With programmable pixels, novel sensor improves imaging of neural activity

The invention led by Jie Zhang, a postdoctoral scholar in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory lab of Sherman Fairchild Professor Matt Wilson, is a new take on the standard CMOS technology ...
ZDNet

Samsung just unveiled a 200MP telephoto sensor, but Z Fold 6 buyers shouldn't get too excited

Ahead of next week's Unpacked, Samsung recently unveiled a new 200MP telephoto image sensor for smartphones with beefed-up light absorption capability. Isocell HP9 packs 200 million, 0.56 ...
Nature

SOI Pixel Sensors for X-Ray Astronomy

Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) pixel sensors represent a pivotal technological advance in X‐ray astronomy, integrating a high-resistivity sensor layer with advanced CMOS circuitry on a single chip. This ...
EurekAlert!

With programmable pixels, novel sensor improves imaging of neural activity

In this image adapted from the figures, the left side shows the chip micrograph, while the right side displays the pixel layout and schematics, highlighting each circuit element. The new pixel circuit ...