June 2014 ~ engineering information technology

BMW 3 Rear View Camera Teardown

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EETimes publishes an article on BMW 3 Series rear view camera teardown with Omnivision's sensor inside. The estimated cost of the camera is between $50 and $75, while the price paid for the teared down...

When Is a TV Not a TV?

When the U. S. Supreme Court says so, that's when. Last Wednesday, June 25, the Court issued a split decision (6-3) against Aereo, a provider of over-the-Internet broadcast TV service which used a unique technology to get around the requirement to pay retransmission fees to program...

Siliconfile Delisted from KOSDAQ, Officially Absorbed by SK Hynix

MK: Siliconfile officially becomes a part of Hynix and has been delisted from KOSDAQ. SK Hynix owns Silicon File’s entire shares as of April 22, 2014.Business Week: SK Hynix has acquired the remaining 72.07% stake in Siliconfile for KRW 48.8B ($47.4M) in stock transacti...

ESPROS Demos ToF Evaluation Kit

ESPROS Photonics publishes Youtube video showing its epc610 ToF sensor evaluation k...

LFoundry Rousset Fab Sold, Finally

EETimes-Europe: The General Vision's (Petaluma, CA) bid for LFoundry Rousset fab failed to convince the judge that it was sustainable, according to reports of a decision handed down on June 13, 2014. The fab equipmemnt and its IP assets were acquired by Six Semicondutores, Braz...

Modern Image Sensor Testing Challenges

Formfactor and Advantest presentation "Can testers and probe cards keep up with speed requirements for image sensors?" at Semiconductor Test Workshop in San Diego, CA on June 8-11, 2014 talks about the...

Sony Updates Xarina Roadmap

Sony has updated its web page on Xarina, the family of all-in-one HD image processors for security cameras. A support for 4K cameras is coming sometime in 20...

Google Tango Project Tablets Feature pmd's 3D technology

PresseBox: Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP) is demonstrating their latest Project Tango Tablet Development Kits at Google I/O 2014 today. Now, for the first time, the tablets with...

Pixart Introduces CIS-based Heart Rate Monitor

PR Newswire: Pixart keeps looking for the unusual image-sensor based products. The company's PAH 8001 Heart Rate Monitor integrates a unique CMOS sensor with a LED in a single package. The PAH 8001 uses photoplethysmogram (PPG) technique which passes a green LED light wave into the skin and measures...

Softkinetic and Melexis Collaborate on Automotive ToF Sensor

PR Newswire: SoftKinetic and Melexis announce the availability of their first ToF 3D sensor for automobile safety and infotainment markets. The MLX75023 sensor featurs SoftKinetic technology and manufactured...

Howard Rhodes' Presentation at IS 2014

Yole Developpement reviews Howard Rhodes, Omnivision's CTO, presentation at 2014 Image Sensor Conference in London, UK. The "The Future of CMOS Imaging" presentation shows stacked sensor as the next big...

Toppan-SMIC JV Begins 12-inch CFA & ML Production

PR Newswire: SMIC announces that the first 12" CFA & micro lens array production line in mainland China has been completed and put into production by Toppan SMIC Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("TSES"), a joint venture of SMIC and Toppan. Combined with SMIC's 12" CIS wafer production line, a full...

The Two-Edged Sword of Email Archives

Lois Lerner, former head of the U. S. Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organizations Division, is a lawyer by training. Don't forget that fact, which is significant for what follows. When her division came under fire for selectively persecuting conservative organizations...

Piping Designer – Bangkok WorleyParsons

Job Title: Piping Designer Job Type: Full-time Advertising Category: Engineering/Design & Sciences Location of Job: Bangkok, BM TH (Primary) Job Description: HSE Leadership • Attend Safety Audits • Ensure that design focuses on safety in construction, maintenance and operation. • Ensure...

Principal Designer (Edmonton) at KBR - Canada - Industrial Opportunities

Principal Designer (Edmonton) at KBR - Canada Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada Category: Engineering - General Requisition ID: IRC1194 Brief Posting Description When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless. As a leading global engineering, construction, and services...

Photonis Announces Color 9.7um Pixel Sensor

New Photonis Kameleon appears to be the color version of 1.3MP 9.7um pixel Lynx sensor announced two years ago. The specs of the two sensors are nearly identical and both are aimed to night vision, homeland...

Open Access Papers

The new open access IEEE publication, IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, which published Eric Fossum's pinned PD review, now publishes too more papers on photodiodes:"Pixel Level Characterization of Pinned Photodiode and Transfer Gate Physical Parameters in CMOS Image Sensors" by Goiffon,...

Mantis Vision Raises $12.5M from Strategic Investors

Marketwired: Mantis Vision announces a $12.5M strategic investment round from Qualcomm Ventures, Flextronics' hardware venture arm, Lab IX; Sunny Optical, and Samsung. Mantis Vision believes this strategic investment will accelerate its plans for shifting the 3D paradigm via its core MV4D technology...

Rambus Optimizes Conditional Reset Pixel

Rambus conditional reset pixel requires an ability to control reset on per pixel basis:The company patent application US20140158863 "High Fill-Factor Image Sensor Architecture" by Michael Guidash proposes...

Sony Improves IR Response of its BSI Sensor

Sony announces 3.21MP 2.5um BSI pixel CMOS sensor IMX123LQT with improved NIR sensitivity for industrial applications. "Sensitivity in the near infrared range has been increased to 1.5 or more times that...

RF Testers Meet Image Sensors

As MIPI speed follows the image sensor frame rate advances and reaches higher Gbps rates, Agilent comes with S-Parameter test suite adapted for MIPI channel tes...

Amazon Fire Phone Uses 4 IR Cameras for 3D UI

The Verge, Mashable: Amazon Fire Phone uses four front-facing IR cameras to create a 3D user interface: "Perhaps the most useful application shown off so far is simply tilting the phone to scroll through...

Dual Aperture Announces JV with KAIST

PR Newswire: Dual Aperture, Inc. announces a joint venture with the Center for Integrated Smart Sensors (CISS) that will more than double the engineering resources dedicated to commercializing Dual Aperture's 3-D imaging technology. Dual Aperture's technology is based on its 4-color sensor that is equipped...

Tessera Brings Back Fotonation Brand

FotoNation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessera, announces that it will once again operate under its original FotoNation name. Fotonation's software is said to be inside of more than 60% of global tier-1 smartphones. FotoNation will operate as a distinct identity of parent company Tessera Technologies.FotoNation...

ST Promotes ToF Proximity Sensor

ST publishes a new version of its Youtube video on VL6180X SPAD-based ToF proximity sensor adding its gesture control application. The old version has been removed from Youtu...

Piping Supervisor – Foster Wheeler Saudi Arabia

Piping Supervisor Requisition ID 2014-3156 Work Location :SA-Al-Jubail Position Category : Construction Additional Work Location .. Foster Wheeler Hiring Entity Foster Wheeler Energy Limited (UK) More information about this vacancy Overview Foster Wheeler Energy is currently recruiting...

Senior Piping - Layout Engineer Foster Wheeler Russia

Senior Piping - Layout Engineer Moscow Russia Employment Type: Permanent OVERVIEW: Senior Piping layout engineer RESPONSIBILITIES: Duties The Senior Piping-layout Engineer develops the plant layout studies and designs the piping system. He is responsible for the preparation of the equipment layout,...

ULIS Announces 0.7MP/100fps 200mW IR Imager

ALA: ULIS, a subsidiary of Sofradir and GE Equity, announces the Pico1024E GenII, an energy-efficient thermal image sensor for military applications."ULIS’ megapixel Pico1024E GenII meets the challenges...

BAE is First to Commercialize 12um IR Pixel Imager

BAE Systems: Developed for a new class of compact and low-cost imaging systems, BAE TWV640 thermal camera core is based on the first commercially available uncooled 12um pixel. Reducing the pixel size...

To Monetize or Not To Monetize—Reader Responses Requested

One of the more prominent concerns in engineering ethics is the improper influence of money. It's impossible to do engineering of any magnitude without money being involved somehow, because doing work for pay is what engineering is mostly about. Without meaning to, G. K....

Omnivision Business Update

Omnivision's investor presentation from June 12, 2014 has updated slides on the company history and achievemen...

PDMS PIPING DESIGNER JOB - INDONESIA

PDMS PIPING DESINER JOB IN INDONESIA Job Description We have an immediate position as a PIPING DESIGNER (PDMS) Requirements: • Recognized certificate, degree or diploma related to piping engineering design • Minimum 10 years or more working experience in design of piping in Oil & Gas,...

Curved CCDs from Andanta

As Sony presents its curved CMOS sensors, one has to mention that Olching, Germany-based Andanta has first shown its commercially available curved CCDs in 2012. The 2013-dated document presents cylindrically...

Smart Doors - New Market for 3D Cameras

IEEE Spectrum shows what might develop into a mass market for 3D cameras - smart sliding doors, presented by University of Electro-Communications, and Hokuyo Automatic Co. at 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Hong Kong. A Youtube video explains the id...

Sony Curved Image Sensor Presentation

IEEE Spectrum reports from VLSI Technology Symposium in in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sony curved image sensor presented by Kazuichiro Itonaga, device manager with Sony's R&D Platform in Atsugi-shi, Japan:"Itonaga...

ON Semi's Presentation on Aptina Acquisition

ON Semiconductor publishes a transcript its conference call script and investor presentation on the Aptina acquisition:There is a clarification message I got from Aptina: "Many are wondering about mobile....

High Performance Silicon Imaging Book

Woodhead Publishing release a new book "High Performance Silicon Imaging" written by a number of world's experts in image sensor design and applications, and edited by Daniel Durini (Fraunhofer Institute,...

On Semi to Acquire Aptina for $400M

Business Wire: ON Semiconductor signes a definitive agreement to acquire Aptina Imaging. The high-performance CMOS image sensors for automotive and industrial markets are said to be the key areas of strategic...

Piping Designer- Singapore JadeClover

Piping Designer- Singapore JadeClover DESCRIPTION The successful applicant will have the following responsibilities: Engage in piping drawings Ensure engineering drawings are inline with requirements and standards. Able to work in a shipyard environment REQUIREMENTS Approximately...

Ziptronix and EVG Achieve Sub-Micron Stacked Wafers Alignment

EETimes: Ziptronix and EV Group (EVG) announce they have achieved submicron post-bond alignment accuracy on customer-provided 300mm DRAM wafers using Ziptronix's DBI Hybrid Bonding technology on an EVG...

Truesense Acquisition Story

Rochester Business Journal publishes a story on Truesense acquisition by ON Semi. Few quotes:"Eight prospective buyers emerged to purchase Truesense, touring the company’s facilities and evaluating its online data box, said Christopher McNiffe, previous CEO of Truesense Imaging and current vice president...

Piping Designer – PSN Wood Group - Kazakhstan

Job Title: Piping Designer Location: Atyrau, Kazakhstan Description: We are currently recruiting for a Piping Designer on a permanent basis located at our PSN KazStroy office in Atyrau. During his/her work, the Piping Designer: Develops engineering...

Piping Designer AUTOPLANT – Technip Doha, Qatar

Piping Designer AUTOPLANT Job posting reference: 14502 Region: Qatar Location: Doha Contract type Permanent Start date: Immediate Job description Provide technical and project execution services Conceptual, Basic and detailed engineering of offshore Piping ...

"The Switch From Hell": GM's Barra and the Ignition-Switch Debacle

Back in April, GM CEO Mary Barra testified to Congress about a massive recall involving GM's Cobalts, many of which carried a defective ignition switch that could be accidentally turned off by a driver's heavy keyring. This defect has led to numerous fatal crashes and lawsuits. ...

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