Session 6 overview: Image sensors and displays: IMMD subcommittee

The session presents recent advancements in the field of image sensors and capacitive touch-sensing displays. The session starts with 3 papers on image sensors, including demonstrations of a back-illuminated stacked image sensor with highly parallel multi-sampling ADCs, the first 35mm-format image sensor for 8K video, and a low-power image sensor with a switchable "always-on" mode for mobile and wearable devices. The next 2 papers present a high-speed burst-mode image-acquisition system for scientific phenomena, and an event-driven motion detection system that uses in-pixel non-volatility analog memory for security applications. The latter part of the session presents recent achievements in the area of capacitive touch-sensing displays. This includes the first system where passive/active styluses and multi-fingers can simultaneously touch a 60-inch display. Another paper presents a system where touch is extended into the 3rd dimension for mobile applications. A 6b-resolution pen pressure sensor that uses a passive resonant stylus is introduced that can replace conventional costly Electro-Magnetic-Resonance-based touch systems.