Complimentary Metal Oxide Semi-conductor.

A sensor that functions like a CCD while using less power and creating less heat, making it the choice for many high resolution digital cameras. Like a CCD, it is the light-sensitive device in many digital cameras (and scanners) that captures the image - i.e converts light into data that can be recorded as a picture. CMOS stands for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

complementary metal oxide semiconductor (a method of manufacturing integrated circuits) Component the name given to one of the parts that make up a product

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor – An integrated circuit used by some biometric sensors.

The use of Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductors in imagers to sense images improves over CCD technology in resolution, dynamic range, and noise sensitivity.

Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. A hardware technology used in computers which requires less power than other semiconductors.

Complementary metal oxide silicon (transistor)

Complementary Metal Oxide Substrate Codec

A memory chip which keeps a data record of the components installed in a computer. The CMOS uses the power of a small battery and retains data even when the computer is turned off. CMOS is used by a computer to store PC's configuration settings, such as date, time, boot sequence, drive (s) parameters, etc.

A type of integrated circuit used in processors and for memory. CMOS devices operate at very high speeds and use very little power, so they generate very little heat. In the PC, battery-backed CMOS is used to store operating parameters such as hard disk type when the computer is switched off.

omplementary etal- xide emiconductor. CMOS chips store most of your BIOS information, such has number and types of hard disks and floppy disks, and the data and time.

IC timing - An integrated circuit timing control method using a self-contained oscillator, digital counter and output circuit to drive relays or trigger solid state outputs. Characterized by very low power consumption and immunity to voltage fluctuations.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Silicon. Logic array which employs gates of FETs. Significant current flows only during the switching operation, reducing power consumption.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semi-Conductor. An analog sensor that converts light into digital information When used in digital cameras, it is the electronic equivalent of film. See also CCD, SENSOR.

This is a special memory inside a computer that is maintained by a battery, so that when the power goes off on your computer, it will not forget items like the Date and Time.

omplimentary etal xide ensor - Imaging sensor in digital cameras.

Pronounced "see-moss," a CMOS is a small, 64-byte, memory chip on the motherboard that stores information your computer needs in order to boot up.

This is the common reference for the BIOS preferences in your computer. Actually, it is a low power version of a chip. The low power comes into play because it is what commonly holds your BIOS preferences through power off with the aid of a battery.

(n.) Complementary Metal Oxide on Silicon. A widely used chip technology. See also BiCMOS.

An alternative to the CCD (charged coupled device) imageing chips used by some digital cameras. The CMOS chip is simpler to make, so it costs less. It also uses less power than CCD chips, so it doesn't drain batters as fast. The downside is that the chip does not perform as well as CCD imagers under low-light conditions, but recent digital SLR models from Kodak and Canon are said to have improved performance under less than ideal lighting conditions.

Stands for charged metal oxide semiconductor. This is one type of camera image sensor which uses a charged metal surface to detect light and create a video image. CMOS technology is often smaller than CCD chips are currently capable of, so these cameras can often be quite miniature. While very low quality CMOS cameras are available for as little as $10 or $20, even the highest resolution CMOS cameras cannot compete with newer CCD imagers in the important fields of resolution, sharpness, and low light performance.

A CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor that uses both negative and positive circuits. Since only one of the circuit types is on at any given time, CMOS chips require less power than chips using just one type of transistor. CMOS image sensors also allow processing circuits to be included on the same chip, an advantage not possible with CCD sensors, which are also much more expensive to produce.

Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductors

Integrated-circuit technology which uses MOSFETs as the principal circuit element. This logic family belongs to the category of unipolar digital ICs.

Comlementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. CMOS is where the computers BIOS is stored.

The part of a computers memory that stores information about the components fitted to the computer - including the number and type of hard and floppy drives. This information is backed up on the motherboard with a small 'watch-type' battery which provides power to the memory even when the computer is turned off, so the information will never be lost. If the battery goes flat the information will be lost and the computer will not be able to boot up.

Motherboard chip which stores the BIOS software - see BIOS, Firmware

Complimentry metal oxide of silicon.

One of two basic processes (MOS and bipolar) used to fabricate ICs, CMOS uses MOSFETs (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors) as the principal circuit element. Noted for having low power consumption (see bipolar).

An integrated circuit that uses both PMOS and NMOS devices on the same substrate, resulting in extremely low power dissipation.

Acronym for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. A semiconductor technology in which pairs of metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs), one N-type and the other P-type, are integrated on a single silicon chip. Generally used for RAM and switching applications, these devices have very high speed and extremely low power consumption. They are, however, easily damaged by static electricity. See also MOSFET, N-type semiconductor, P-type semiconductor. 2. The battery-backed memory (presumably made with complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology) used to store parameter values needed to boot IBM Personal Computers and compatibles, such as the type of disks and the amount of memory, as well as the clock/calendar time.

(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS): CMOS the name of a common technique used to fabricate most (if not all) of the newer microcontrollers. CMOS based microcontroller requires much less power than ones made with older fabrication techniques, which permits battery operation. CMOS chips also can be fully or near fully static, which means that the clock can be slowed up (or even stopped) putting the chip in sleep mode. CMOS has a quite high immunity to noise (power fluctuations or spikes), although it does not like static electricity spikes (unless special protection is included in the chip).

The abbreviation for "Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor."

Stands for "Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor." This technology is ...

Short for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor. CMOS semiconductors use both NMOS (negative polarity) and PMOS (positive polarity) circuits.

Newly developed Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor image censor that has better image quality and consumes less power.

This is an acronym for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. It is a battery powered chip, which stores system parameters such as the system Date/Time.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor The semiconductor technology used in the transistors that are manufactured into most of today's computer microchips.

( omplementary etal- xide emiconductors) are chips that hold the basic start-up information for the BIOS.

(complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) CMOS image sensors are less expensive to manufacture than CCDs. CMOS image sensors also require less power to operate, making them particularly attractive for use in battery-powered devices.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor - Another imaging system used by digicams. It is not as popular as CCD but the future promises us even better digicams based on CMOS sensors due to the lower amount of power consumption versus the typical CCD device.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Light sensitive chip. Different to CCDs, the pixel elements on the CMOS are read individually.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A type of Imaging Sensor. CMOS chips are less energy consuming than other chips, but have a tendency to produce images of overall lesser quality than CCD Type sensors.

As opposed to the CCD imaging system, the CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) imaging system captures individual pixels, rather than doing so line-by-line. CMOS imaging systems are less expensive to produce, although they are more prone to noise interference.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Semiconductor technology used to manufacture most of today's computer micro chip

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor; a type of semiconductor composed of positive (PMOS) and negative (NMOS) elements, which are operated in such a way the CMOS chip requires much less power than conventional transistor circuits. CMOS chips are commonly used in battery-powered devices.

Complementary MOS. Uses both PMOS (Positive) and NMOS (Negative) technology together.

Complementary Metal Oxide on Silicon. The semiconductor technology that is most commonly used to manufacture digital integrated circuits such as microprocessors and memories.

Originally an abbreviation for omplementary etal xide emiconductor -- a semiconductor technology used in many integrated circuits. Now often used to describe the low-level hardware that contains a personal computer's BIOS setting, and the computer's hardware clock.

complementary metal oxide semiconductor. A process used to make chips, but in a PC is shorthand for a battery powered chip on the motherboard, which stores basic system configurations and clock settings.

CMOS is the semiconductor technology used in the transistors that are manufactured into most of todays computer microchip.

(complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) A new digital camera technology. CMOS image sensors are less expensive to manufacture than CCDs (charged-coupled devices). CMOSs also require less power to operate, bringing down the cost of digital cameras that use CMOS technology. CMOS chips also can convert the analog image to digital and manage some basic camera controls, among other tasks.

An emerging light sensor technology offered as an alternative to CCD (Charged Coupled Device). CMOS offers more dense light sensors per square centimeter than CCD and has a broader dynamic light range than CCD, thus it will yield more shadow detail and more highlight detail with less color distortion from uncontrolled light sources. As the technology matures, CMOS will eventually be less expensive to produce than CCD. See also CCD.

The integrated circuitry having both digital and analog circuits fabricated on the same substrate allowing for controlling ASIC technology to be embedded into the chip design. Commonly used in computer designs for controllers, recently light sensitive designs have been produced. Unlike CCD they use less power, but are more prone to problem noise and low temperature failures.

(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Commonly refers to the chip that is the official record of components installed. CMOS is a type of low power usage memory that retains data when the power is turned off, as long the battery supplying electricity is connected and charged.

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor] In computers, CMOS memory chips are often used for NVRAM storage.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor.  A material used to manufacture certain types of chips.  The contents of CMOS RAM can be preserved by supplying a tiny trickle of electricity, usually from a battery.  As such, this is extremely useful for storing system configuration data.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor – another type of sensor used in digital cameras today.

Complementary refers to the nonvolatile memory on the motherboard containing BIOS settings and sometimes the code used to initialize the computer and load the operating system. CMOS can also mean complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor, a major class of integrated circuits and an associated family of semiconductor manufacturing processes. The nonvolatile memory was historically called the CMOS RAM or just the CMOS because it traditionally used a low-power CMOS memory chip (the Motorola MC146818, or one of its higher-capacity clones), which was powered by a small battery when the system power was off. The term remains common, but has become a misnomer, as nearly all modern computer components except the "CMOS memory" are constructed in CMOS technology. For the "CMOS" in modern computers, EEPROM or Flash memory is now usually employed. There is still a backup battery involved, but its role is not to maintain the data stored in the RAM, only to keep the RTC chip operational.

An acronym for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, a solid-state switching device also used as a camera pick up device.

is a major class of integrated circuits. CMOS chips include microprocessor, microcontroller, static RAM, and other digital logic circuits. The central characteristic of the technology is that it only uses significant power when its transistors are switching between on and off states. Consequently, CMOS devices use little power and do not produce as much heat as other forms of logic. CMOS also allows a high density of logic functions on a chip.

Complimentary metal oxide semiconductor. (sc) N- and P-channel MOS transistors on the same chip.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Technology employing integrated field-effect transistors in a complementary symmetry arrangement, which simulates "Push/Pull" operation because of the placement of opposing-polarity devices (p-channel and n-channel FETs).

Complementary Metal Oxide Substrate, a widely used type of semiconductor. CMOS semiconductors use both NMOS (negative polarity) and PMOS (positive polarity) circuits. Since only one of the circuit types is on at any given time, CMOS chips require less power than chips using just one type of transistor.

(pronounced see-moss) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. This is the work horse of the ASIC industry because it is possible to build very small, very fast transistors. At the time of this writing, in the digital realm, gate propagation delays are measured in pico seconds and internal toggle frequencies can exceed 2GHz. CMOS ASICs are suitable for digital and mixed signal applications. Their supply voltage may be as low as 1 Volt or as high as 600 volts. The majority of CMOS ASICs operate at 3.3 or 5 volts.

CMOS stands for complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor. Unlike CCD chips, CMOS chips have transistors at each pixel which permits each one to be read individually. While more cost efficient and easily manufactured, the transistors generally allow less light to reach the pixel sensor and thus do not provide as high quality fidelity as a CCD.

Logic gates constructed using both NMOS and PMOS transistors connected in a complementary manner.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A MOS device containing both N-channel and P-channel MOS active elements. One of two basic processes (MOS and bipolar) used to fabricate integrated circuits.

(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) An imaging system used by digital cameras.

Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. A type of integrated circuit noted for its extremely low power consumption. coaxial A type of cable used to connect the controller directly to an IBM host. Coaxial cable consists of an outer layer of insulation, an outer conductor, another insulating layer, and a central conductor. See also twinaxial.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A method of making silicon chips that results in low power consumption by the circuits.

Stands for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor and is the second type of image-sensor computer chip. Generally found on less-expensive digital camera models.

Family of logic devices that uses p-type and n-type channel devices on the same IC. It has the advantage of offering medium speed and very low power requirements.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A type of semiconductor that has been, until the EOS D30, widely unavailable for digital cameras. CMOS semiconductors use two circuits, negative and positive polarity circuits. Because only one of the circuits can be on at once, CMOS chips are less energy consuming than other chips that utilize simply one type of transistor. This is a clear advantage of the CMOS sensor over the standard CCDs in use today.

An integrated circuit family that use Field effect transistors to build the logic gates. Current drives The current that can be drawn from(sourced when the output is HI) and supplied to (sunk when the output is LO) an output

CMOS is an acronym for "Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor." This is a battery-powered segment of RAM that stores information about your computer's hardware configuration. The name actually refers to the technology that is used to reduce the battery power that is needed to maintain it. CMOS is accessed through Setup, via the BIOS on Intel-compatible computers. Through it, you specify whether CPU caching is enabled or disabled, how fast various parts of the computer communicate with other parts, etc. The CMOS contains the "Real Time Clock," a hardware level clock that keeps track of the date and time even when the computer is turned off.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A type of chip that runs with only a small voltage. In a computer it is used to hold the Time/Date and System Configuration Information (BIOS).

Complementary Metal Oxide on Silicon. The fabrication technology used to build most of the current series of mid-range computers and because of its reduced cost and power requirements, is increasingly used for large systems as well.

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor. A CMOS device is formed by the combination of a PMOS (p-type-channel metal oxide semiconductor device) with an NMOS (n-type-channel metal oxide semiconductor device. See planar devices for definitions of p- and n-type semiconductors.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A chip that is designed to require very little power to operate. It stores the BIOS system configuration settings and is normally powered by an external battery (ni-cad or standard AA@ batteries).

Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A semiconductor device with two metal-oxide transistors residing on one silicon chip. CMOS devices possess very high speed and very low power consumption, and generally are used for RAM and fast data switching.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Similar to a CCD, it also detects light for conversion into a signal. Lesser image clarity than a CCD, but more compact in size with lower power usage.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A chip which uses small amounts of electricity. It is used typically on battery-powered computers and to save configuration information on other computers when they are turned off.

The complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) is a chip on the motherboard of a computer that stores configuration information about the computer.

Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) is a special RAM chip that stores vital settings about your computer, such as the size of the hard disk and the amount and type of memory. This information is stored even when the computer is switched off.

Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Any MOS device that incorporates both p-channel and n-channel transistors within the same silicon substrate. CMOS devices are noted for low power requirements, high immunity to electrical noise, and relatively slow speed.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A class of semiconductor which consumes very little power by using both NMOS and PMOS transistors.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. Pronounced "SEA-moss," CMOS is an electronic device (usually battery operated) that stores information about your computer.

This is a leading design technique used to produce large scale integrated (LSI) circuits employed in most modern microelectronic equipments.

Technology involving Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) to sense images. CMOS imagers now rival--and in some cases surpass--CCD technology in dynamic range and noise sensitivity and can offer improvements in resolution.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor: one of the two main types of computer chips used to capture digital camera images. CMOS sensors are currently found in only a handful of digital cameras.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Sensor] A type of sensor used in scanners and digital cameras that is based upon a semiconductor process designed for digital electronics instead of analog electronics as in the CCD.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A type of integrated circuit fabrication process.

A high-volume, low cost process of chip manufacturing. Photon collection, timing, control and signal processing are combined on the chip.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A semiconductor fabrication technology that achieves low power dissipation. These types of devices are used in digital camera imaging sensors and consume less energy than other imaging devices, are inexpensive, but provide lower image quality compared to CCD sensors.

One of two types of technologies used to manufacture microchips the other type is TTL, or transistor-transistor logic chips). CMOS chips require less electricity, hold data longer after the electricity is turned off, are lower and produce less heat than TTL chips. The configuration or setup chip is a CMOS chip.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (transistor etc)

The CMOS is the chip in your computer that retains the core information about your system hardware. It is powered by a small battery that protects the information even when the system has been powered off. CMOS is an acronym for the materials used to produce the chip.

Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Used in some Digicams instead of CCDs because they are inexpensive and have low power requirements.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. Chip technology used for IBM RS/6000 processors.

The other of the two main types of image sensors used in digital cameras. Its basic function is the same as that of a CCD.

Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. This is one of two technologies used to produce or manufacture microchips. The other is TTL or Transistor Transistor Logic. Although CMOS is a little slower and much more susceptible to ESD or static electricity, it uses less power and generates a lot less heat and has replaced the bulkier chips in PCs. All of today's CPUs and memory chips are CMOS chips. Because your computer's configuration or setup is stored in a CMOS chip, it has sometimes been labeled CMOS setup, or just plain CMOS. So if someone suggests you check your CMOS, they mean you should look in your setup program.

Complementary Metal-Oxide-Silicon. Dominant technology for logic and memory. Has replaced the older bipolar TTL technology in most applications except very fast ones. CMOS offers lower power consumption and smaller chip size compared to bipolar and now meets or even beats TTL speed.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. Integrated-circuit technology noted for its low-power requirements and low-transmission time. Often used in processor and memory chips for portable computers.

Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A CMOS computer circuit consumes very little power and is used in computers to keep track of the system setup information, data, time, type of disk and hard drives, etc. that a computer has installed. The CMOS information is powered by the computer's on-board battery. So if the on-board battery fails, the information in CMOS is lost.

is an abbreviation for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. In this case CMOS are light sensors that capture images taken by digital cameras. Usually they are found in high-end digital cameras with megapixel sensors.

Abbreviation for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A battery-powered chip in computers that preserves basic data about system' s hardware.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A logic signal that operate from a negative voltage to a positive voltage or at points between the maximum positive and negative voltages. The maximum voltage levels are determined by the manufacturer.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor: Memory used to store hardware configuration information.

see, Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor: a process that uses both N- and P-channel devices in a complimentary fashion to achieve small geometries and low power consumption.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A type of semiconductor that has been, until the introduction of the Canon EOS D30, widely unavailable for digital cameras. CMOS semiconductors use two circuits, negative and positive polarity circuits. Because only one of the circuits can be on at once, CMOS chips are less energy consuming than other chips that utilize simply one type of transistor. While they use less power, some consider them more prone to problem noise and low temperature failures.

Complementary - Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A video image sensor chip that produces much lower quality picture than CCD chip.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A small section of RAM used to hold certain hardware configuration parameters in IBM and compatible computers.

CMOS ("see-moss")stands for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, is a major class of integrated circuits. CMOS imaging sensors for machine vision are cheaper the CCD sensors but more noisy.

CMOS process is used extensively in the semiconductor business. CMOS wide variety of macro cells and architecture advantages afford high speed sensors with XY addressability as well as a high level of integration of features. CMOS has become the most widely used imaging technology due to the “Camera-On-Chip.

Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor: Used in IBM PC/AT compatibles as a battery driven type of memory to store the setup/configuration information about that computer.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor is another type of image sensor found in a digital camera. Pixel sensitivity is lower than the CCD sensors and usually has more noise in the imaging device.

Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A semiconductor process technology for making chips. Most personal computer and consumer electronics chips are some variant of CMOS. Other semicondcutor technologies include BiCMOS and GaAs (Gallium Arsenide). CMOS is also used to refer a permanent 64 byte piece of CMOS RAM on IBM Personal Computer (PC) compatible computers that contains various parameters used by the PC BIOS, Basic Input Output System.

(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) - one "family" of digital logic devices. Some CMOS devices can operate with power supplies from 3 Volts to 15 Volts - others are limited to the traditional logic 5 Volt power supply

Complementary Metallic Oxide Semiconductor.

(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor; pr. "see-moss") A special type of memory which retains its data when the PC is switched off, used to store settings for things like what type of hard disk you have, and how much memory. The settings are accessed via the BIOS.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor that converts light to electrical current—cheaper but noisier than a CCD.

A Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor [chip] converts light into an electrical charge. another type of digital camera sensor.

The CMOS (Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) is the chip which contains the system BIOS, setup configuration information, and the date/time. The information is retained using the power from a small battery. Some CMOS chips can be flash-updated, where updated data is written to the chip using a special software utility.

See CMOS image sensor.

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor. This widely used type of semiconductor is the predecessor to CCD imaging devices.

Similar to a CCD, a CMOS sensor is the part of your camcorder that reads light and captures video and still images as thousands of tiny pixels. Two advantages to CMOS sensors are their lower power consumption, meaning longer battery life, and their ability to produce crisp, detailed images.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A specific type of semiconductor technology that requires very little power. The term has been popularized to mean a small storage area where your system keeps track of certain hardware parameters, such as the size of your hard disk, the number of serial ports your computer has, etc. CMOS is also called Setup RAM.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor- Semiconductor technology widely used to manufacture electronics devices and also used to manufacture light-sensitive device similar to CCD.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, a chip that packs many components into a very small semiconductor.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS). An image sensor used in some digital cameras. Its basic function is the same as the CCD. (see CCD)

Abbreviation for complementary metal oxide semiconductor. A family of IC's. Particularly useful for low-speed or low-power applications.

(Vision Sensing) Acronym for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A CMOS-based chip that records the intensities of light as variable charges similar to a CCD chip.

Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) ("see-moss", ), is a major class of integrated circuits. CMOS technology is used in chips such as microprocessors, microcontrollers, static RAM, and other digital logic circuits. CMOS technology is also used for a wide variety of analog circuits such as s, data converters, and highly integrated transceivers for many types of communication.