Industry-Leading Performance for High-Volume Consumer Applications

IBM today announced the availability of technology and manufacturing services for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors for use in camera-phones, digital still cameras and other consumer products. The offering combines IBM’s copper process technology with image sensor intellectual property licensed from Eastman Kodak Company to produce CMOS image sensors that can offer industry-leading image quality for high-volume consumer applications.

IBM announced a CMOS image sensor development and manufacturing collaboration with Kodak in September, 2004, which included the license of Kodak CMOS image sensor fabrication intellectual property to IBM. Kodak this week announced new three- and five-megapixel CMOS image sensors qualified and manufactured for Kodak by IBM’s semiconductor facility in Burlington, Vermont, that utilize this process.

IBM’s foundry offering is based on IBM’s 0.18-micron copper CMOS manufacturing process, available at its Burlington facility, that features an integrated design kit, including a 4-transistor, 3-micron pixel with pinned diode, and access to IBM’s image sensor circuit library.

IBM’s CMOS technology delivers image sensors with one of the industry’s best “dark current” performance, or the ability to capture photos in low-light situations, a key feature for consumer applications such as camera cell phones.

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