Aptina

Aptina Imaging Corporation
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)[1]
HeadquartersSan Jose, California,
United States
Number of locations
China, Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, India, Norway, Singapore, Slovenia, Taiwan, United Kingdom
Key people
Taner Ozcelik, Senior Vice President, Aptina Imaging Business of ON Semiconductor [2]
ProductsCMOS image sensors, Image processors
Number of employees
650
ParentOnsemi
Websiteaptina.com

Aptina Imaging Corporation was a company that sold CMOS imaging products. Their CMOS sensors were used in the Nikon V1 (10.1 MP, CX format, 16.9x17.9 mm),[3] Nikon J1, and Nikon V2.[4] By 2009 year Aptina had a 16% share of the CMOS image sensors market, with revenue estimated at $671 million.[5] The company was acquired in 2014 by ON Semiconductor[6]

History

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Aptina Imaging was created as a spin-off of Micron Technology's Image Sensor Division in March 2008. Aptina was still an independent division within Micron until July 2009, when Aptina became an independent, privately held company, being partially sold to a group including TPG and Riverwood Capital.[1] ON Semiconductor Corporation completed the acquisition of Aptina Imaging in August 2014.

Milestones

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  • 2014 - ON Semiconductor completes acquisition of Aptina Imaging[7]
  • 2014 - Aptina Imaging has bought color filter array processing and imager probe assets from Micron Technology, and close to 100 Micron employees will join Aptina's manufacturing facility in Nampa, Idaho on Aug. 4.[8]
  • 2011 - Shipped 2nd billionth sensor
  • 2009 - Aptina spins out as an independent privately held company
  • 2008 - Shipped 1 billionth sensor
  • 2008 - Micron Technology launches Aptina: a CMOS image sensor division
  • 2006 - Micron Imaging Group acquires Avago Technologies' image sensor business
  • 1992-1995 - JPL team invented CMOS active pixel sensor technology

Products

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Predecessors of Aptinas products were CMOS image sensors of Photobit and Micron technology. Photobit was founded in 1995 and acquired by Micron in 2001, who started selling their own image sensors a year later. The first commercially available sensors of Photobit were the PB-159 in 1998 and the PB-100 in 1999.[9] Micron showcased a 1.75-μm CMOS pixel sensor in 2005 and launched it in 2007.[10] Micron also developed and built a prototype of a 1.4-μm CMOS pixel sensor by 2007.[11]

The Nikon 1 series used Aptina sensors with dual conversion gain sensors, allowing users to choose from a mode with high dynamic range (DR) but low ISO, and a low light mode with low read noise but also less DR.[12] In 2014 the company started offering a 1-Inch 4K Image Sensor for security and surveillance cameras.[13]

Awards

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  • 2011 - AET (China) Best Product Award Winner: AR0331
  • 2010 - Winner, EDN Innovation Award: MT9H004
  • 2009 - Finalist, EDN Innovation Award: MT9M033
  • 2008 - Takayanagi Award: Presented to Dr. Junichi Nakamura
  • 2008 - Best Supplier Award: Foxconn

References

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  1. ^ a b Aptina boosts image; embraces foundries // EETimes, 4/12/2011
  2. ^ "ON Semiconductor: Taner Ozcelik". Onsemi.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. ^ Teardown of the Nikon V1 camera – Aptina Found! Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine // Chipworks Recent Teardowns, November 4, 2011
  4. ^ Inside the Nikon D5200 DSLR – Toshiba found! Archived 2013-01-10 at the Wayback Machine // Chipworks, January 8, 2013: "Aptina has the design wins in the Nikon 1 system cameras (1" format V1, J1, V2)"
  5. ^ CMOS Image Sensors. Technologies & Markets - 2010 Report Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine // Yole Developpement, January 2010; slide 18
  6. ^ "ON Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of Aptina Imaging". Onsemi.com. Retrieved 18 Jul 2016.
  7. ^ "ON Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of Aptina Imaging and Provides Guidanc..." www.onsemi.com.
  8. ^ Iverson-Long, Brad (8 August 2014). "Aptina buys Micron imaging technology".
  9. ^ "Chip Hall of Fame: Photobit PB-100". spectrum.ieee.org. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  10. ^ "Micron to launch 1.75-micron pixel CMOS image sensors for cameraphones". digitimes.com. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  11. ^ "Super Small, Sub 2µm Pixels for Novel CMOS Image Sensors" (PDF). imagesensors.org. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  12. ^ "Tech timeline: Milestones in sensor development". dpreview.com. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  13. ^ "Aptina Ships the First 1-Inch 4K Image Sensor for Security and Surveillance Solutions". businesswire.com. 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
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