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OmniVision Technologies announced a new 1/4-inch, 5-megapixel RAW CMOS image sensor based on its 1.4-micron OmniBSI backside illumination (BSI) technology – OV5647. It’s a cost-effective, high-performance mobile imaging solution, “offering the performance and size benefits of BSI technology while allowing mobile phone designs to utilize existing baseband or applications processors for image processing functions.”
Here are the highlights:
- Best-in-class low light sensitivity (680-mV/lux-sec)
- Low profile z-height and a small footprint
- 720p HD video at 60 fps (with 2×2 binning) and 1080p HD video at 30 fps
- Post-bining re-sampling filter function that removes image artifacts around edges to minimize spatial artifacts (crisper images)
- Support for digital video parallel port or two-lane MIPI interface, providing full-frame, windowed or binned 10-bit images in RAW RGB format with complete user control over formatting and output data transfer.
- Automatic image control functions
As for the availability, OmniVision is currently sampling the OV5647, and it will enter mass production in July of this year.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
