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{{Infobox company
| name = Aptina Imaging Corporation
| name = Bobstine
| logo = Azuri music & Bobstine Music entertainment (BME)
| logo =
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| type =
| parent = [[Onsemi]]
| parent =
| foundation = {{start date and age|2008}}<ref name="eetimes122011"/>
| foundation =
| location = [[San Jose, California]]
| location = Lagos state
| locations = Nigeria
| locations = [[China]], [[Finland]], [[Germany]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]], [[India]], [[Norway]], [[Singapore]], [[Slovenia]], [[Taiwan]], [[United Kingdom]]
| location_country = United States
| location_country = Nigeria
| key_people =
| key_people = Taner Ozcelik, Senior Vice President, Aptina Imaging Business of ON Semiconductor
| num_employees =
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/content.do?id=18412|title=ON Semiconductor: Taner Ozcelik|website=Onsemi.com|accessdate=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329195107/https://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/content.do?id=18412|archive-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>
| num_employees = 650
| industry =
| products = Music entertainment
| industry = [[Semiconductors]]
| homepage =
| products = [[CMOS image sensor]]s, [[Image processing|Image processors]]
| homepage = {{URL|aptina.com}}
}}
}}

'''Aptina Imaging Corporation''' was a company that sold [[CMOS]] imaging products. Their CMOS sensors were used in the [[Nikon V1]] (10.1 MP, [[Nikon CX format|CX format]], 16.9x17.9&nbsp;mm),<ref>[http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2011/11/04/teardown-of-the-nikon-v1-camera-aptina-found/ Teardown of the Nikon V1 camera – Aptina Found!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114063913/http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2011/11/04/teardown-of-the-nikon-v1-camera-aptina-found/ |date=2013-01-14 }} // Chipworks Recent Teardowns, November 4, 2011</ref> [[Nikon J1]], and [[Nikon V2]].<ref>[http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2013/01/08/inside-the-nikon-d5200-dslr-toshiba-found/ Inside the Nikon D5200 DSLR – Toshiba found!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110102538/http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2013/01/08/inside-the-nikon-d5200-dslr-toshiba-found/ |date=2013-01-10 }} // Chipworks, January 8, 2013: "Aptina has the design wins in the Nikon 1 system cameras (1" format V1, J1, V2)"</ref> By 2009 year Aptina had a 16% share of the CMOS image sensors market, with revenue estimated at $671 million.<ref>[http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/Rapports/Yole_CMOS_Image_Sensor_2010_Report_SAMPLE.pdf CMOS Image Sensors. Technologies & Markets - 2010 Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915035205/http://www.i-micronews.com/upload/Rapports/Yole_CMOS_Image_Sensor_2010_Report_SAMPLE.pdf |date=2012-09-15 }} // Yole Developpement, January 2010; slide 18</ref> The company was acquired in 2014 by [[ON Semiconductor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/newsItem.do?article=3171|access-date=18 Jul 2016 |title=ON Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of Aptina Imaging|website=Onsemi.com}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 14:21, 1 July 2024

Bobstine
HeadquartersLagos state,
Nigeria
Number of locations
Nigeria
ProductsMusic entertainment

History

Aptina Imaging was created as a spin-off of Micron Technology's Image Sensor Division in March 2008. Aptina was still an independent division within Micron until July 2009, when Aptina became an independent, privately held company, being partially sold to a group including TPG and Riverwood Capital.[1] ON Semiconductor Corporation completed the acquisition of Aptina Imaging in August 2014.

Milestones

  • 2014 - ON Semiconductor completes acquisition of Aptina Imaging[2]
  • 2014 - Aptina Imaging has bought color filter array processing and imager probe assets from Micron Technology, and close to 100 Micron employees will join Aptina's manufacturing facility in Nampa, Idaho on Aug. 4.[3]
  • 2014 - Aptina Ships the First 1-Inch 4K Image Sensor for Security and Surveillance Solutions
  • 2011 - Shipped 2nd billionth sensor
  • 2009 - Aptina spins out as an independent privately held company
  • 2008 - Shipped 1 billionth sensor
  • 2008 - Micron Technology launches Aptina: a CMOS image sensor division
  • 2006 - Micron Imaging Group acquires Avago Technologies' image sensor business
  • 2006 - World's first 1.4-μm CMOS pixel
  • 2005 - World's first 1.75-μm CMOS pixel
  • 2002 - First Micron image sensor products launched
  • 2001 - Micron Imaging Group acquires Photobit
  • 1995 - Photobit established to commercialize CMOS active pixel sensor technology
  • 1992-1995 - JPL team invented CMOS active pixel sensor technology

Awards

  • 2011 - AET (China) Best Product Award Winner: AR0331
  • 2010 - Winner, EDN Innovation Award: MT9H004
  • 2009 - Finalist, EDN Innovation Award: MT9M033
  • 2008 - Takayanagi Award: Presented to Dr. Junichi Nakamura
  • 2008 - Best Supplier Award: Foxconn

References

  1. ^ Aptina boosts image; embraces foundries // EETimes, 4/12/2011
  2. ^ "ON Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of Aptina Imaging and Provides Guidanc..." www.onsemi.com.
  3. ^ Iverson-Long, Brad (8 August 2014). "Aptina buys Micron imaging technology".