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.

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Usually, such economies of scale are counter-balanced, at some point, by diseconomies of scale.

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There is evidence that beyond a certain point scale is counter-productive.

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Move a station or two beyond, heading counter-clockwise, and the scale of the streets becomes grander, the high-rise apartments more numerous.

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Then, as you reported, Israel is saying that it is involved in a full-scale guerrilla war -- a counter-guerrilla war with the Palestinians.

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So far both the scale of capital inflows to emerging economies and the actions taken to counter them are hardly out of the ordinary.

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At every Cheesecake Factory restaurant, a kitchen manager is stationed at the counter where the food comes off the line, and he rates the food on a scale of one to ten.

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