Today’s cell phones are becoming increasingly smaller and thinner, with greater functionality such as cameras that capture still images or video. More than half of all cell phones in use include a camera module. More than 90 percent of cell phone cameras now being sold use CMOS image sensor technology. Many also offer wireless Internet access, which allows instant media sharing with anyone, anywhere.

Tessera’s portfolio of innovative technologies is helping to transform the next generation of cell phones:

• Chip-scale packaging technologies enable smaller, thinner components to fit more power and functionality into slimmer handsets, while the latest wafer-level packaging solutions make it possible to create image sensors that are thinner, more reliable and less expensive.



• Innovative image enhancement technologies and wafer-level optics solutions help manufacturers embed powerful image capture and processing capabilities into cell phones, enabling their products to provide images from a tiny camera the size of a pencil head, automatically and without the need for post processing.



• Micro-optic elements - or lenses - that go into cell phone cameras to add features such as the ability to scan product code bars for instant information and pricing on a product in a catalogue or store window.



• MEMS-based solutions for mobile imaging applications, providing auto-focus capabilities for cell phone cameras.