Historical summary

Some key dates:

  • 1970: CCD (Bell Labs)

  • 1974: Sensor 100 x 100 pixels (Fairchild)

  • Sensitivity: IR and Visible

  • 1993: Sensor CMOS (NASA JPL)

  • 2000: Sensor 7186 x 9216 pixels (Philips)

  • Sensitivity: IR, Visible, X

  • 2007: CCD sensor 9216 x 9216 pixels

  • 2007: CMOS sensor SA1: \(5400\text{ fr/s}\) for 1Mpixel (Photron)

  • 2009: Dalsa sensor for Mamiya : 22Mpixels for 36x48mm

  • 2009: Photron sensor SA5 : \(5400\text{ fr/s}\) for 1Mpixel... in colors