Toshiba Launches Highly Sensitive 20MP BSI CMOS Image Sensor

Toshiba today announced that it will launch a new 20-megapixel (MP) CMOS image sensor, the TCM5115CL, as the latest addition to its sensor line-up for digital still cameras. TCM5115CL offers the industry’s highest resolution in the 1/2.3 inch optical format, using backside illumination technology (BSI) to improve sensitivity and imaging performance. Sampling of the new sensor will begin at the end of January 2013 and mass production will follow in August 2013.