OmniVision and Nextchip Partner on Automotive Viewing Camera Solution, Simultaneously Providing 120dB HDR and Highest LED Flicker Mitigation for Low-End and Midrange Vehicles
January 13, 2021 at 10:37 pm IST
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OmniVision Technologies, Inc. and Nextchip Co., Ltd. announced during CES a joint solution that is pre-tuned to provide high quality images for rearview cameras (RVCs), surround-view systems (SVS) and e-mirrors in low-end and midrange vehicles. This solution includes OmniVision’s OX03C10, which is the world’s only automotive image sensor to combine a large 3.0 micron pixel, high dynamic range (HDR) of up to 140dB for minimized motion artifacts, and the highest LED flicker mitigation (LFM) performance. Nextchip’s NVP2650D image signal processor (ISP), which integrates two NVP2650 ISP cores in a single package, can simultaneously process the captures from two OX03C10 sensors, providing dual and full LFM image outputs at 60 frames per second (fps) using a single ISP. Additionally, the NVP2650D provides a combined 10/12-bit compressed RAW output and 24-bit uncompressed HDR output to further enhance the image quality for scenes with widely contrasting light and dark areas. This sensor’s integration of OmniVision’s industry-leading HALE (HDR and LFM engine) combination algorithm uniquely provides the highest HDR and LFM performance simultaneously, while its Deep Well™ dual conversion gain technology significantly reduces motion artifacts. Additionally, OmniVision’s split-pixel LFM technology with four captures provides the industry’s best performance over the entire automotive temperature range. The OX03C10 is also the first viewing image sensor with HDR and LFM that can deliver 1920x1280p resolution at 60 fps, enabling greater design flexibility and faster camera-view switching for drivers. With the lowest power consumption of any 2.5MP LFM image sensor—25% lower than the nearest competitor—along with the industry’s smallest package size, enabling the placement of cameras that continuously run at 60 fps in even the tightest spaces, the OX03C10 has a market-leading position in automotive imaging applications. OmniVision’s PureCel® Plus-S stacked architecture enables pixel performance advantages in the OX03C10 over non-stacked technology, in addition to a smaller die and lower power consumption. For example, 3D stacking allowed OmniVision to boost pixel and dark current performance, resulting in a 20% improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio over the prior generation of its 2.5MP automotive viewing sensors. This joint solution provides the automotive industry’s lowest power consumption for automotive viewing cameras with 120dB HDR and full 2.5MP resolution at 60 fps. By owning the ISP core, Nextchip can deliver the right image quality to each customer based on its knowledge and experience in image processing. Additionally, the NVP2650D ISP offers 4-lane, 2-channel MIPI output, at 1 Gbps for each lane, along with support for a virtual channel. OmniVision’s OX03C10 image sensor is available for sampling, and Nextchip’s NVP2650D ISP is in mass production. Both companies’ devices provide advanced ASIL functional safety and AEC-Q100 Grade 2 certification for automotive applications.
NC& Co., Ltd., formerly NEXTCHIP Co., Ltd., is a company mainly engaged in the manufacturing and sale of multimedia semiconductor products for video security systems. The Company's main products are image processing chips, which are used in closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs), mobile phones, network cameras, camcorders, set top boxes and others. It also provides touch sensor chips, which are used in laptops, personal computers (PCs), monitors, digital cameras, electronic rice-cookers, refrigerators and others. In addition, the Company provides camera components. The Company distributes its products within domestic market and to overseas markets, including China and Taiwan.
OmniVision and Nextchip Partner on Automotive Viewing Camera Solution, Simultaneously Providing 120dB HDR and Highest LED Flicker Mitigation for Low-End and Midrange Vehicles