> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:43 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Designing a Sensor > > ... > > Designers of imaging sensors typically try to maximize sensitivity > while minimizing noise, and there are many physical constants here > that limit deviation from a norm to within a very small range of > values. From most of my friends at Agilent, what the whole thing > boils down to in general is how large the photosite is and how > efficient the microlens is at delivering light energy to the > photosite well.
And in astronomical imaging the most sensitive (and low noise) sensors are back illuminated and thinned (the final design depending on wanted wavelength etc). But I guess we won't see those in the usual digital cameras. Antti-Pekka ________________________________________ Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy R&D Turku www.computec.fi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
