Product category: Optoelectronic Sensors, Switches and Receivers
News Release from: OmniVision | Subject: OV2645
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 16 February 2006
Handset camera chip
takes autofocus onboard
The OV2645 is billed as the world's first quarter-inch 2Mpixel CameraChip with fully integrated autofocus control on a single chip
OmniVision Technologies has unveiled the OV2645, the world's first quarter-inch 2Mpixel CameraChip with fully integrated autofocus (AF) control on a single chip. OmniVision is the first company to integrate AF functions on a 2Mpixel CMOS image sensor. Using its unique 2.2um OmniPixel2 architecture, OmniVision was able to develop this very small 2Mpixel sensor and integrate a full autofocus control on the same die.
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The OV2645's advanced autofocus functions work with an integrated microcontroller that can directly control a variety of autofocus motors through its GPIO pads or serial bus.
This enables a very small, inexpensive, yet highly advanced single-chip autofocus camera module.
It is in the range of 10 x 10mm, which is about 30% smaller than any competing solutions available.
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'By continuously developing the smallest sensors and enabling cost effective integration of advanced functions on a single chip, OmniVision strives to be a leader in digital imaging', said Jess Lee, Vice President of the Mainstream Products Business Unit at OmniVision.
'The OV2645 underscores once again that OmniVision is at the forefront of bringing imaging advancements into the mainstream camera phone markets'.
Besides the AF control function, the OV2645 takes full advantage of the new OmniPixel2 architecture including high sensitivity, superior low light performance and a very advanced image signal processor block (OmniQSP).
The advanced image signal processor block provides high-grade picture processing, and features historically only found in digital stills cameras.
The OV2645 is currently available for select customer sampling.
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