Product category: Optoelectronic Sensors, Switches and Receivers
News Release from: OmniVision | Subject: OV5630 and OV5633
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 22 May 2008
Tiny sensor boosts camera performance
Camera sensor promises best-in-class low-light performance to enable a new generation of high-performance camera phones.
OmniVision Technologies has released its first 5Mpixel CameraChip sensor using its proprietary 1.75um OmniPixel3-HS architecture The OV5630 claims best-in-class low-light performance to enable a new generation of high-performance camera phones that deliver top quality digital photography and video in a small form factor
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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OmniVision Technologies has released its first CameraChip based on the Standard Mobile Imaging Architecture introduced by Nokia and STMicroelectronics in January 2004.
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According to OmniVision Technologies, the OV5610 5Mpixel camera chip has already achieved eight design wins in digital still camera and video camera markets.
Also new is the OV5633, a modified version of the OV5630 designed specifically for the digital still camera and digital video (DSC/DV) hybrid camera market.
Both the OV5630 and OV5633 are currently sampling, with volume production expected to start in the fourth quarter of this calendar year.
"In the OV5630, we bring to market the best available performance for ultracompact applications and a user-friendly platform that allows complete control over image quality, formatting and output data transfer", says Grahame Cooney, Director of Product Marketing at OmniVision.
"Both new 5Mpixel sensors reinforce our position in the industry as a technological innovator, and further extend our reach into the mobile phone and DSC/DV hybrid camera markets".
The OV5630 and OV5633 both use OmniPixel3-HS technology, enabling unparalleled low-light image capture with low-light sensitivity of 960mV/lux-s.
The 1/3.2in RGB raw sensors offer differing chief ray angles (CRA) to suit the specific lens requirements for mobile phone and DSC/DV hybrid applications.
The sensors also support automatic exposure control, gain control, white balance, 50/60Hz luminance detection and black level calibration.
Both sensors can output data in full 5Mpixel resolution at 15 frames per second, and record 720p high definition (HD) video at 60 frames per second, or 1080p at 30 frames per second.
In QVGA resolution, both sensors can output data at 120 frames per second, which is ideal for slow motion preview.
For the fast transfer of image data, both sensors are outfitted with a two-lane, high-speed MIPI interface.
This enables mobile phone makers to use the OV5630's parallel interface as input for a secondary camera, while also providing output via the MIPI interface.
The OV5630 is available in COB or CSP packaging, and the OV5633 comes in CLCC packaging.
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