To ante up the resolution issues for people requiring better images, higher frame rate, superior low-light sensitivity and high-definition video for DSC, camcorder and digicam applications, Omnivision has released the OV9810 which combines 9 megapixel photography with 1080p HD video on a single chip, eliminating the trade-offs between high quality still photography and high performance HD video.

Featuring OmniVision’s high-sensitivity 1.75 micron OmniPixel3-HS(TM) architecture, the OV9810 delivers best-in-class low-light sensitivity at 960mV/lux-sec, giving it a significant edge over competing sensors. The OmniPixel3-HS architecture is OmniVision’s most advanced generation of front side illumination pixel architectures to date, providing enhanced image capture under very low lighting conditions.

The low-power, high-performance OV9810 provides the full functionality of a single-chip camera in a small footprint package (10 X 10 mm). The 1/2.3-inch OV9810 is capable of operating at 8.9 frames per second (fps) in full 9 megapixel resolution, and offers true HD quality (1080p) video at 30 fps.

The OV9810 is immediately available for customer sampling with volume production slated for the second half of calendar 2009.

(Source) Press