Richard CanonNews / Sunday, October 15, 2017 / Categories: Canon Patents This post may contain affiliate links(s). An affiliate link means I may earn advertising/referral fees if you make a purchase through my link, without any additional cost to you. It helps to keep this site afloat. Thank you in advance for your support. If you like what we do here, maybe buy me a coffee. Is Canon's next generation sensor back side illuminated? There was rumors that the 7D mark III will have what is considered "the next generation" of Canon sensors. Could this be back side illuminated. It would make alot of sense if canon is increasing the pixel density to 28-30mp as being rumored. Here is one patent that Canon has applied for recently that illustrates this line of thought from Canon. Clearly this patent is describing a BSI (back side illuminated sensor) designed sensor and the patent is about different ways of preventing color mixing between neighboring pixels. US Patent Application 20140132812 This patent application was granted to Canon in September of 2016 (US9437635). It also shows that when we identify patent applications just how long it can take before being granted. (2 years in this case). Richard CanonNewsRichard CanonNews Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past. Other posts by Richard CanonNews Contact author Facebook page Previous Article Is there a new Canon 70-200 2.8L in the works? Next Article Canon patent for new style of articulating display Print Tags: Patents Please login or register to post comments.