Key inventors tell the history of sensors

Photo: Getty Images/DeadDuck Nobu Teranishi, Albert Theuwissen and Eric Fossum, who between them made key breakthroughs in the development of both CCD and CMOS sensors, have collaborated on an article for the open-access "Annual Review of Vision Science" journal. The article: "Digital Image Sensor Evolution and New Frontiers" takes a look back at the significant improvements in sensor technology and the hurdles that each one overcame. Understandably, it's quite a technical read, having to descri...