Conventional CMOS image sensors mount the pixel section and analog logic circuit on top of the same chip, which require numerous constraints when wishing to mount the large-scale circuits such as measures to counter the circuit scale and chip size, measures to suppress noise caused by the layout of the pixel and circuit sections, and optimizing the characteristics of pixels and circuit transistors.
The new layout was met with a generally positive response from those at the circuit including Red Bull driver Mark Webber and his former team-mate, now a BBC pundit, David Coulthard.
"A twisty and slippery circuit will often put more heat through the tire than a fast and flowing layout as the tire is moving around more -- particularly when the ambient temperatures are high, " said Paul Hembery, managing director of F1's sole supplier Pirelli.