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News Release from: Tower Semiconductor
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Team on 06 November 2006
Image sensors enter production
Tower Semiconductor has announced a new partnership with SuperPix, a leading Chinese products company, to begin production of two image sensor products.
Tower Semiconductor has announced a new partnership with SuperPix, a leading Chinese products company, to begin production of two image sensor products Initially, the products will be used in cellular phone and smart phone cameras to be retailed within the Chinese market, with projections to eventually expand sales internationally
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We have been very fortunate to have started working with Tower at such an early stage and we are grateful that Tower went along with SuperPix through the thick and thin", said Dr Jie Chen, SuperPix Chairman of the board.
"We needed the foundry support every step of the way, including Tower's superior CIS technology, strong customer support and always on-time delivery".
"Tower has proven itself as our true partner".
Tower's advanced photodiode (APD) technology used in these CMOS image sensors enables improved optical and electrical performance of ultra-small pixels using deep submicron process technologies, thus enabling the manufacturing of small, cost-effective camera module solutions.
Manufactured at Tower's Fab2 in 0.18um technology, the products use Tower's pixel IP and the company's optically optimised multilayer metallisation (OptiMuM), which achieves dramatically better optical sensitivity by reducing stack height from silicon to microlens.
"We are proud that our image sensor technology was selected by SuperPix to implement their advanced products - used for mobile applications in mass production", said Dr Avi Strum, General Manager of CIS and NVM product lines at Tower.
"We are further excited about the opportunities in China and other markets that these new products open up for us".
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