Alongside a slew of other unveilings this week, Canon has announced it’s created a CMOS sensor with a global shutter, a surprising development that could rid DSLRs of the dreaded “rolling shutter” ...

The three-transistor design or 3T Pixel is the simplest CMOS pixel architecture (Figure 1). One transistor is used to reset or precharge the photodiode while two more are used for video readout: one ...

Global and rolling shutter sensor designs both have different advantages and disadvantages. So, why have one or the other when you can simply have both on one chip? That's exactly what Nikon has ...

A rolling shutter on a camera exposes an image by scanning one section at a time instead of capturing a scene all at once. Mechanical focal plane shutters, at the fastest shutter speeds, will scan an ...

Worldwide volumes of CCD image sensors continue to decline overall compared to CMOS devices. According to a study from research firm iSuppli released last October, the global unit share of area CCD ...