Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing initially entered the market with CCD (charge-coupled device) image sensors in the 1980s before transitioning to CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor ...

A CCD sensor, on the other hand, is global, meaning the entire array captures light at once, then takes a period of time to reset. While this isn't ideal for modern videography, it has advantages ...

In terms of bragging rights, CCD came first, beginning mass production in the early 1980s. By contrast the first prototypes of CMOS sensors did not appear until towards the end of that decade.

Sony is one of the world’s largest producers of CCD image sensors, which are the chips that sit behind the lens of the camera and convert light into electronic pulses. Because its sensors are ...