Omnivision Announces Industry’S Smallest AEC-Q100 Qualified Automotive Image Sensor

“In light of the imperatives of the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act, we anticipate heightened demand for rear-view camera systems. To address that need, we are bringing to market an image sensor that is 40 percent smaller than competing products, and that is offered at an extremely competitive cost,” said Jeff Morin, automotive marketing manager at OmniVision. “We are extremely pleased with the OV7955’s low cost, small footprint and exceptional performance, and have already begun shipping this sensor to major automotive manufacturers from around the world for incorporation into their mainstream automotive designs.”

Built on the OmniPixel3-HS™ pixel architecture, the OV7955 delivers an industry-leading low-light sensitivity of 16 V/Lux-sec and excellent signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), making it ideal for operation under challenging lighting conditions. The sensor’s built-in memory for initialization reduces the camera module’s overall bill-of-materials and size, while the crop and resize feature allows the same camera module to be designed into virtually any vehicle platform without requiring additional mechanical adjustments. The OV7955 comes in a compact 5.7 x 5.4 mm aCSP package.