"Reports are predicting that more than 1.8 billion smartphones and 250 million tablets will be produced annually by 2015[1], with the majority of this growth expected to come from developing markets like China and India. We are bringing to market the OV8865 at a time when manufacturers in these booming markets are looking for a cost-competitive camera solution for their slim and feature-rich devices with extended battery life," said Harish Iyer, product marketing manager at OmniVision. "The 8-megapixel OV8865 has been re-engineered from top to bottom. With an enhanced 1.4-micron OmniBSI-2 pixel, the OV8865 has improved camera performance and image quality when compared to our last generation 8-megapixel sensor, and offers smaller package-size and lower power consumption."
The OV8865 provides a number of performance improvements over the previous generation OV8835 CameraChip sensor: dark current has been reduced by 50% and DR is improved by 5% (should be 15% or 1.5dB: was 68.7dB, now 70.23dB). Additionally, the OV8865 consumes less power when compared to the OV8835, achieving the sub-200 mW benchmark currently favored by many high-end mobile device manufacturers. Both new and old sensors have 30fps speed at full resolution. The sensor also delivers 1080p30 or 720p60 video with EIS. The OV8865's 2 x 2 binning functionality with post-binning resampling filter minimizes spatial artifacts.
The OV8865 comes in a smaller footprint when compared to the OV8835, fitting into 8.5 x 8.5 x 5 mm module. It is currently available for sampling and is expected to enter volume production in the Q4 2013.
