Abstract
The image sensor market has continued to show sharp growth over the past year. CMOS sensors have
ridden the camera phone wave to surpass CCDs in 2004. Camera phones shipped well over three times
the volume of the next most successful image sensor application, digital still cameras. CMOS sensors
have also been successful in low-end digital still cameras and web cameras.
CCDs have been successful as well, especially in traditional point-and-shoot digital still
cameras, camcorders, and security cameras. However, none of these applications are growing at nearly
the rate of camera phones, leaving CCDs behind CMOS in shipments.
In markets for linear image sensors, CCDs have been successful in high-speed applications such as
digital copiers and flatbed scanners, while Contact Image Sensors (CIS) have been more popular in
cost-sensitive applications, including fax machines and multifunction peripherals.
This report provides a complete review of the 2004 market for image sensors, as well as annual
forecast numbers through 2009. CCD, CMOS and CIS market shares for each application, in both units
and revenues, are provided annually for the entire forecast period. Profiles of the worlds leading
image sensor suppliers are also presented.
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