On 07/09/06, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Much info is available on the sensor cost, and this is one of them. At least > the authour, who claimed to have worked in the semicon industry for years, > is fairly definitive. But he is referring to 200mm wafer which is a bit > outdated. It must be at least 300mm now. The article is dated Sept 2006 > though. > Anyway, FF sensor cost is interesting > > http://www.naturescapes.net/092006/ej0906.htm
It's worth reading that article in conjunction with the "Wafers and sensors" section in the file: http://www.robgalbraith.com/public_files/Canon_Full-Frame_CMOS_White_Paper.pdf I suspect the author of the naturescapes article had little to do with the production of imaging devices, it's a very different process from general LSI production and hence more costly. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
