Tower Semiconductor Ltd. reported revenue results for the third quarter of 2009. For the period, the company's revenues were $79.6 million, 36% higher than the corresponding quarter of 2008. The revenue figure represents growth of 286% over the past four years.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. announced CMOSIS has ramped its first off-the-shelf high resolution sensor (CMV2000) using Tower's advanced 0.18-micron CMOS image sensor (CIS) technology. This highly integrated image sensor targets machine vision applications and enables global shutter (snapshot) operation and fast on-chip analog to digital conversion (ADC) to meet this market's demanding requirements for leading-edge performance, advanced features, and reduced die size and price. CMOSIS also selected Tower's advanced 0.18-micron process for its aggressive layout rules, allowing a novel pixel structure featuring a pixel size of 5.5um x 5.5um which is needed to stay close to a 2/3' optical format with 2.2M pixel resolution and form factor. The CMV2000 combines a pipelined global shutter operation that allows true correlated double sampling and a full-frame rate of 300 fps and yields an unprecedented low noise level below 18 electrons and 16-channel LVDS interfacing. The CMV2000 integrates a high performance 10bit column ADC on-chip which features a slow 12bit mode and multiple HDR modes, all housed in a very compact 95pin ceramic PGA package.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. announced that they will report Q3, 2009 results on November 09, 2009.