In particular, the company's in-house experts have expertise in visible and non-visible imaging technologies, optimized light detection and charge transfer, radiation-resistant sensor design and the creation of CCD-in-CMOS pixels to enable novel imaging techniques such as ultra-fast imaging in burst mode.

Philip Brown, general manager of the newly formed SI Sensors, said: “As well as developing new sensors for Specialized Imaging’s next generation of ultra-fast image cameras using the latest foundry technologies, we are developing solutions for other customers with specific image sensor design requirements, including for space and defense applications”.