2015-04-20
TowerJazz and Gpixel Announce the First BSI Scientific CMOS Image Sensor
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Gpixel, Inc., a fast-growing CMOS image sensor (CIS) provider focusing on professional applications, announced today the world’s first backside illuminated (BSI) scientific CMOS image sensor, Gpixels GSENSE400-BSI, manufactured using TowerJazz’s TS18IS process. GSENSE400-BSI, with an optimized anti-reflective coating for either UV sensitivity or visible light (VIS) sensitivity, features extremely low dark current of below 0.03 e-/p/s at -50oC. Gpixel’s BSI scientific CMOS image sensor is well-suited for spectrometry, biometric, fluorescence, surveillance, industrial inspection, forensic, and astronomy applications.
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