Biggest Imager Ever Made on 8" Wafer

PC World: University of Lincoln (UK) announced it has created the 12.8cm by 12.8cm square imager claimed to be the biggest ever made on 200mm wafer. Nigel Allinson, Distinguished Professor of Image Engineering at Lincoln created "DynAMITe" sensor, said: "DynAMITe was designed for medical imaging, in particular mammography and radiotherapy, so the individual pixels are much larger than those found in consumer digital cameras or mobile phones. As it will withstand exposure to very high levels of x-ray and other radiation, it will operate for many years in the adverse environment of cancer diagnosis and treatment instruments; and represents a major advance over the existing technology of amorphous Silicon panels."