Philips advocate CMOS image sensors

Philips advocate CMOS for tiny lower resolution imaging devices, although this news may not have immediate imact on digital still cameras any progress in this area will impact later. "With our new SeeMOS technology, you will one day be able to make a video camera no thicker than a pencil and about a centimeter long," said Theo Claasen, chief technology officer at Philips Semiconductors (Eindhoven, Netherlands). Claasen said the picture quality of the CMOS sensor "is excellent" at 640 by 480 pixels.

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