Thomson Xensium Sensor

As a break of cellular imagers bonanza, Thomson introduces Grass Valley Xensium, a new high performance CMOS sensor. The native high definition sensor has an array of 2.4 million pixels.

The claim is that Xensium offers a wider dynamic range, lower power consumption and improved signal-to-noise performance when compared to current CCD and CMOS imagers. It was developed by Grass Valley engineers in collaboration with colleagues at Thomson Technology's Silicon Components division and within a European Union Medea+ programme.

The 2/3-inch 1920 x 1080 active pixel Xensium HD sensor, supporting 1080p, 1080i and 720p high definition natively, will first be used in production models of the Grass Valley Infinity Digital Media Camcorder , and the Xensium line of imagers will become a standard in future generation Grass Valley camera products across a broad range of applications.