Omnivision Announces First BSI Product

Yahoo: Omnivision introduced the world's first 1/3", 8MP BSI CMOS image sensor. The new OV8810 is the company's first product to use its recently launched 1.4um OmniBSI backside illumination technology.

The 1/3-inch OV8810 is small enough to fit within an 8.5 x 8.5 x 7 mm camera module. The sensor's BSI architecture not only enables a reduced die size, but also a lower stack height, which means it can achieve a higher chief ray angle (CRA).

The sensor's speed in full 8MP resolution is 10fps. It captures 720p HD video at 60 fps, or 1080p at 30 fps. In QVGA resolution, the sensor can achieve data output at 120 fps, good for slow motion video. The OV8810 supports 8-/10-/12-bit RAW RGB data over a 2-lane high speed MIPI interface or parallel interface.

The OV8810 will be available for sampling in the coming weeks, and OmniVision expects to begin volume production in the first quarter of 2009.

So, sampling begins in "coming weeks" instead of the past June. I hope this delay allowed Omnivision to solve all the technical problems.