Article Abstracts | November 2006
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Finding a Balance in Your Phone Design
Knowing about feature and benefit trade-offs can help camera phone designers achieve an optimum balance.
by Vern Klein, Micron Technology Inc.
When choosing an imager for a mobile phone, designers consider cost, size and image quality — usually in that order. Consumers expect strong camera and phone functionality. They look for sleek handset designs and insist on affordable phones. Providers want to deliver all of these things and still turn a profit.
Because lowest cost, smallest size and highest quality do not naturally coexist in the world of image sensors, designers have to make compromises. Factors that can help them find the imager that best meets their needs...
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