OmniVision is already the the largest supplier of CMOS image sensors in the humans , and now its novel OmniBSITM chip design call the world ’s first consumer 8 - megapixel mobile phone camera . The newfangled chip apply a proficiency that ’s been around for a while , called backside miniature , that allows more light to reach each pixel . And that admit the chip to use a small 1.4 - micron pel that ’s better than current larger versions .
Normal CMOS sensors use “ front side ” illumination : incoming light travels through many shallow layers of electronics before hitting the sensor pixels themselves . Backside illumination but flex all that the other room up , so that incoming photon do n’t have to journey through interfering layer before they rack up the pixel . That think of less get lost along the way , meaning the pixels are more sensitive to visible radiation , and can be made smaller for the same responsiveness .
OmniVision is fussy testing an 8 - megapixel camera sensing element , and is ready to start shipping sample products out before the conclusion of June . And that should think that at some point in the future cellular phone with 8 - megapixel sensor will be useable . [ PR Newswire ]
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