poorly defined unverified or indiscriminate . please help to clean it up to meet wikipedia s quality standards . where appropriate incorporate items into the main body of the article . july 2016 this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message aptina imaging corporation pre acquisition type privately held industry semiconductors founded 2008 2008 1 headquarters san jose california china finland germany japan korea india norway singapore slovenia taiwan united kingdom united states key people taner ozcelik senior vice president aptina imaging business of on semiconductor 2 products cmos image sensors image processors number of employees 650 website www.aptina.com aptina imaging corporation was a company that sold cmos imaging products . their cmos sensors were used in nikon v1 10.1 mp cx format 16.9 x17 .9 mm 3 nikon j1 nikon v2 . 4 by 2009 year aptina had a 16 % share of the cmos image sensors market with revenue estimated at 671 million . 5 the company was acquired in 2014 by on semiconductor 6 contents 1 key milestones 2 awards 3 history 4 references 5 external links key milestones edit 2014 on semiconductor completes acquisition of aptina imaging 1 2014 aptina imaging has bought color filter array processing and imager probe assets from micron technology and close to 100 micron employees will join aptina s manufacturing facility in nampa idaho on aug. 4 . 2 2014 aptina ships the first 1 inch 4k image sensor for security and surveillance solutions 2011 shipped 2nd billionth sensor 2009 aptina spins out as an independent privately held company 2008 shipped 1 billionth sensor 2008 micron technology launches aptina a cmos image sensor division 2006 micron imaging group acquires avago technologies image sensor business 2006 world s first 1.4 m cmos pixel 2005 world s first 1.75 m cmos pixel 2002 first micron image sensor products launched 2001 micron imaging group acquires photobit 1995 photobit established to commercialize cmos active pixel sensor technology 1992 1995 jpl team invented cmos active pixel sensor technology awards edit 2011 aet china best product award winner ar0331 2010 winner edn innovation award mt9h004 2009 finalist edn innovation award mt9m033 2008 takayanagi award presented to dr. junichi nakamura 2008 best supplier award foxconn history edit aptina imaging was created as spin off of micron technology s image sensor division in march 2008 . at this time it still was an independent division within micron . in july 2009 aptina became independent privately held company and was partially sold to a group including tpg and riverwood capital . 1 on semiconductor corporation completes acquisition of aptina imaging in august 2014 . references edit a b aptina boosts image ; embraces foundries eetimes 4 12 2011 http www.onsemi.com powersolutions content.do id 18412 teardown of the nikon v1 camera aptina found chipworks recent teardowns november 4 2011 inside the nikon d5200 dslr toshiba found chipworks january 8 2013 aptina has the design wins in the nikon 1 system cameras 1 format v1 j1 v2 cmos image sensors . technologies & markets 2010 report yole developpement january 2010 ; slide 18 on semiconductor completes acquisition of aptina imaging . retrieved 18 jul 2016 . external links edit aptina web site with on semiconductor aptina corporate fact sheet retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aptina & oldid 730431845 categories information technology companies of the united statessemiconductor companiesequipment semiconductor companiesprivate equity portfolio companieselectronics companies of the united stateshidden categories articles needing cleanup from july 2016all pages needing cleanupwikipedia list cleanup from july 2016articles with a promotional tone from july 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 00 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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