Yesterday, Samsung launched a new image sensor that is bound to be found in their high-end mobile devices in the future. The new technology basically goes away of the current trend of Back Side Illumination (BSI) which is found inside the Galaxy S 4 and the Galaxy Note III. According to Samsung, ISOCELL "technology forms a physical barrier between neighboring pixels – isolating the pixel. This isolation enables more photons to be collected from the micro-lens and absorbed into the correct pixel’s photodiode minimizing undesired electrical crosstalk between pixels and allowing expanded full well capacity (FWC)."
The development of this new mobile sensor technology is a response from Samsung "to increase camera resolution and image quality, without growing the camera size, the pixels have had to shrink, while improving their performance at the same time."
Samsung said that they should be able to start mass producing this sensor starting Q4 of 2013. Expect this sensor to be in the next Galaxy S, the S5 and the Galaxy Note IV.
