Monday, March 7, 2005

MagnaChip Image Sensor for "Pill" Camera

Filed under: GI

CNET News reports that competition against PillCam endoscopic imaging system heats up, as a Korean manufacturer introduces a new image sensor:

The South Korean semiconductor manufacturer has announced an image sensor for pill-size cameras that doctors can use to obtain accurate information about a patient's digestive tract. The image sensor can take up to 50,000 photographs in an eight-hour tour of the patient's insides by taking two pictures a second, according to the company.

Mass production will begin in the second half of 2005.

The MagnaChip sensor is particularly tuned to work in low-light conditions "as required, for example, in small-bowel analysis," the company said. The chip is made using standard silicon processes, which is becoming more common in the image sensor market because it cuts costs.

More at MagnaChip Semiconductor...

(hat tip: Engadget)

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