Omnivision's VGA Sensor Awarded by Electronic Design Magazine

Electronic Design Magazine announced 2010 Best Electronic Design Award Winners. Omnivision OV7735 VGA sensor won the award in the sensor category. OV7735 is based on 3um FSI pixels, delivers sensitivity of 3300 mV/lux-sec and is said to enable less than 3mm camera module hight.

The article does not explain why OV7735 has been selected among many image sensors announced this year. “We rely on the expertise of our staff and contributing editors to ferret out the best of the many new technologies, products and standards that we have seen and wrote about over the past 12 months,” said Editor-in-Chief Joe Desposito. “These guys are in the trenches every day covering this industry and they know about all the great new innovations that have been introduced in the last year.”