Revolutionary New Camera Sensor is now available.
The good news comes from Engineers at Nanyang Technological University. In fact
they have developed a revolutionary new camera sensor that aims to be a
thousand times more sensitive than the
ones currently on the market.
ones currently on the market.
We have learned that, the sensor is made
from graphene and is could be the first that can detect broad spectrum light
from the visible to mid-infrared with high photoresponse or sensitivity.
For those who unfamiliar, Graphene is well known to have a high electrical conductivity among other properties such as durability and flexibility.
Regarding the new sensor, it uses 10 times less energy than current sensors. Additionally, when mass produced, the graphene sensor is estimated to cost 5 times less than the current ones do.
"We have shown that it is now possible to create cheap, sensitive and flexible photo sensors from graphene alone. We expect our innovation will have great impact not only on the consumer imaging industry, but also in satellite imaging and communication industries, as well as the mid-infrared applications."
"While designing this sensor, we have kept current manufacturing practices in mind. This means the industry can in principle continue producing camera sensors using the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) process, which is the prevailing technology used by the majority of factories in the electronics industry. Therefore manufacturers can easily replace the current base material of photo sensors with our new nano-structured graphene material." Said, the graphene sensor's inventor, Assistant Professor Wang Qijie.
For those who unfamiliar, Graphene is well known to have a high electrical conductivity among other properties such as durability and flexibility.
Regarding the new sensor, it uses 10 times less energy than current sensors. Additionally, when mass produced, the graphene sensor is estimated to cost 5 times less than the current ones do.
"We have shown that it is now possible to create cheap, sensitive and flexible photo sensors from graphene alone. We expect our innovation will have great impact not only on the consumer imaging industry, but also in satellite imaging and communication industries, as well as the mid-infrared applications."
"While designing this sensor, we have kept current manufacturing practices in mind. This means the industry can in principle continue producing camera sensors using the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) process, which is the prevailing technology used by the majority of factories in the electronics industry. Therefore manufacturers can easily replace the current base material of photo sensors with our new nano-structured graphene material." Said, the graphene sensor's inventor, Assistant Professor Wang Qijie.
