Inside the Camera: Traditional CCD or Tomorrow's CMOS... -
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Published on: 2/16/2007
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That's allowed CMOS to hit the market of smaller cameras, according to Micron's Director of Market Development Paul Gallagher.The low cost, adds Gallagher, has also enabled CMOS chip manufacturers to help drop the cost on lower-end cameras, such as those used for residential surveillance, and has had a similar effect in thermal imaging cameras as well.Now, says Gallagher, the CMOS chips are showing up in very high-resolution cameras -- the so-called "multi-megapixel" cameras, and even the high-resolution fisheye style cameras that allow users to operate with a digital pan, tilt and zoom, moving through the field of view with full resolution without ever having to mechanically change the camera's position.