Image sensor is a very important technology, such as tof sensor, 3D camera, etc. These technologies can be widely used in various fields from web cameras, smart phones to autonomous vehicles and industrial inspections etc.
Of course, emerging image sensor technologies can also provide many other advantages. According to different technologies, it can include lower cost, improved dynamic range, higher temporal resolution, spatially variable sensitivity, high-resolution global shutter, reduced scattering effects, and flexibility/conformality. A particularly important trend is to develop more economical and practical sensors for short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectral imaging to replace costly indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) detectors, thereby enabling wider applications of SWIR sensing. For example, automatic driving, SWIR imaging can help distinguish similar objects/materials that are difficult to distinguish in visible light imaging, while reducing the impact of rain, fog, and dust scattering.