We shared back in 2015 news of Sony discontinuing their CCD sensors.
The "last time buy" period for these sensors is nearing the end.
Framos: https://www.framos.com/en/news/framos-announces-last-time-buy-deadline-for-sony-ccd-sensors
Taking into consideration current market demand and customer feedback, Sony has decided to revise the “Last Time Buy PO submission” deadline to the End of September 2024. Final shipments to FRAMOS remain unchanged at the end of March 2026. With these changes, FRAMOS invites all customers to submit their final Last Time Buy Purchase Orders to them no later than September 24th, 2024, to ensure timely processing and submission to Sony by the new Last Time Buy deadline date.
Important dates:
Deadline for Last Time Buy Purchase Orders received by FRAMOS: September 24th, 2024
Final delivery of accepted Last Time Buy Purchase Orders from FRAMOS: March 31st, 2026
For customers who wish to continue using CCD-based designs, SVS-Vistek has initiated a Last-Time-Buy (LTB) period, effective immediately, followed by a subsequent Last-Time-Delivery (LTD) period. This allows our customers to continue to produce and sell their CCD-based products, ensuring reliable delivery. Orders can be placed until August 31, 2024 (Last-Time-Buy). SVS-Vistek will then offer delivery of LTB cameras until August 31, 2026 (Last-Time-Delivery). We advise our customers individually and try to find the best solution together.
CMOS pin-compatible replacements for several Sony ILX 2K line sensors are available here: https://www.imagica.technology/.
ReplyDeleteI could not recall any notable Sony CCD chip actually (maybe they went to CMOS as pioneers and my generation was affected by that?). CCD for me is just Philips, Dalsa, Kodak .. now OnSemi. And then of course astro and space specialties from many of our European places (and Fairchild).
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